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“Just to keep my mind sharp. When you have like one job, you want to think about it enough to do well, but you can't over think it. It's not rocket science. It's just trying to kick the ball through the uprights.”
“There are times where you're in the zone and everything moves in slow motion, and there's sometimes when everything goes really fast and you have to slow yourself down.”
“There's games you try one field goal, and if you miss that one field goal you'll feel like crap for the whole rest of the week... It doesn't do you any good.”
“They don't give you extra points if you make a 50-yarder that goes over the net.”
“When you play in New England you have cold weather, hot weather, windy weather, or snow.”
“When you're on a good team, you just want to do your part and know that they trust you.”
“It's my job to be able to deal with adverse conditions as well as kick well in good conditions. I just look to prepare to go out to do well no matter what it is.”
“All I really think about is, 'Don't try to kick the ball too hard,' because a lot of times when I missed kicks, it was because I tried to kill it. I just try to think of a smooth swing, being slow and under control, and making the kick.”
“I just don't worry about any moment. I just worry about kicking well.”
“It stinks to play terrible and your team loses. It's like salt on the wound.”
“I'm so blessed to have a chance to play 15 years in one spot. I know my position is different than most. But even in my position, guys that have played it this long, have probably already been with two or three different teams.”
“When you're in a slump you want to try something else and you get on a roll.”
“Most kickers and punters and snappers are pretty cordial with each other throughout the year.”
“There's no time in the NFL, especially as a specialist, to pat yourself on the back. It's a week-to-week, game-to-game, kick-to-kick kind of job.”
“It's nice when other teams show interest in you and stuff like that. But at the end of the day, I would like to try to finish where I started.”
“The thing about kicking is, it's not as competitive as other positions, but I feel like I am a competitor.”
“Obviously kicking is very mental and if you do struggle it is a little harder to go out there with confidence, but the good ones, if they miss they can bounce right back and make the next one.”
“It's always nice to get off to a good start, but one game is one game, you know. Good or bad, you have to turn the page.”
“If you do well and play well, good things will happen.”
“There aren't many kickers that don't miss at all, so I just try to go out there and make a lot more than I miss.”