Quotes by D'brickashaw Ferguson - Page 1

I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Perfect Person
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Sometimes you have success and not so much success versus certain people.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Versus
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You don't have to worry about what happened last year; you can start fresh.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Last Year
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When the season ends, I like to take a little time off from the diet I follow when I'm playing.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Diet
Little Time
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The actual game is only part of the Senior Bowl experience - the practices are equally important.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Senior
Actual
Bowl
Equally
Practices
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You begin to take on the mentality of your coach. If he feels so confident, then I feel confident.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Mentality
Confident
Coach
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Gallon
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Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Negotiations
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Defenders
Best Always Your
Best Do Your Best Always
Do Your Best
Facing
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Camaraderie
Individual
Loss
Teammates
Obviously
Workouts
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Lows
Highs
New Opportunities
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I wouldn't mind being like X-Men and having the claws. I mean, I don't think they'd let me play football, but it would look cool.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Claws
Play Football
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Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Next Time
Timing
Exact
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I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Basketball
Basketball Player
Long Time
Time Power Long
Supposed
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Being an offensive lineman, you always have the mindset of being an unsung hero - a lot of the people who look at the game follow the ball.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Hero
Mindset
Offensive
Look Game People
Unsung
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Everyone's struggle is different. Just because I wasn't struggling on the streets, it doesn't mean I don't know what it's like to struggle.
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Different
Mean
Streets
Struggle
Everyone
Just Because
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You have to have a plan. This isn't wishing. Instead of always being in a hopeful situation - like, 'I hope one day ...' - let's claim it now.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Hopeful
Claim
Wishing
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We have a culture in Freeport, especially in our football department. We feel that we're the best team on Long Island, in New York, hands down.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Department
Long Island
Island
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I've had to work by myself at combines before and forced myself to work out alone all the way back to high school. You have to be self-motivated.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Work Out
Alone Work Myself
Forced
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Rex Ryan is definitely a very confident individual and, when you have someone who believes firmly in what he's speaking, you naturally absorb it.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Absorb
Naturally
Believes
Confident
Firmly
Ryan
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Close Friends
Coaches
Former
Green
Nfl
Agent
Draft
Hall
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As a college student, you're depending on your scholarship money, money your parents send you. So I guess when people start talking about big figures, it doesn't hit me.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Figures
Scholarship
Money Your Me
Money Me Parents
College Student
Depending
Student
Money Me Your
Send
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Super Bowl
Bowl
Bust
Jets
Pro
Sentence
Super
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I try to work on all aspects of my game, whether it be run, pass. I think you can never stop growing, and I definitely take that mindset. You've just got to keep on grinding.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Mindset
Aspects
Grinding
Never Stop
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Consistent
Dreary
Mood
Basis
Important Thing
Most Important Thing
Notice
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Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Block
Intentions
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If I don't explain or tell some of my experiences, I feel like I'm doing guys a disservice because I know as a younger player, there's things I could benefit from the experience of an older guy.
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Disservice
Benefit
Explain
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As an offensive lineman, having spatial awareness is key: understanding where the quarterback is going to be and understanding what the defensive end might do depending on the play we're running.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Offensive
Quarterback
Spatial
Defensive
Depending
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I've been cutting my hair ever since college. I try to do that whenever it gets rough. I'm not too cheap to go the barber shop, but I mostly try to do that by myself. I try to keep my skills sharp.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Cutting
Rough
Skills
Barber
Cheap
Shop
Sharp
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
General Manager
Hug
Jet
Mike
Answered
Coach
Head Coach
Manager
Received
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It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Pay Attention
Mentally
Effective
Evolving
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You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Intensity
Preparation
Flashes
Life Game Your
Practices
Right Back
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Bible
Conversations
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There's a number of years that went by going from a white belt to a black belt. And I think, in a similar respect, years go by with your maturation process, and it's just as important to be disciplined with that as it was in karate.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Belt
Disciplined
Similar
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Players have an in-season playing weight, and we have to be careful not to stray too far from it when we're not under the watchful eye of the nutritionist. This can be a problem when the food isn't being prepared and regulated by our cooking staff.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Be Careful
Cooking
Nutritionist
Prepared
Staff
Being Prepared
Stray
Watchful
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It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Blessing
Above
Done Enough Me
Lie
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At the Jets training facility in Florham Park, N.J., we have strength and conditioning staff but also a nutritionist, Glen Tobias, who helps to whip everyone into shape. There is a heavy emphasis on grass-fed meat and on foods that aren't genetically modified.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Conditioning
Emphasis
Facility
Heavy
Meat
Nutritionist
Staff
Foods
Genetically
Jets
Modified
Park
Whip
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Prior to my arrival at the Crowne Plaza in Indianapolis, my agent and I decided that it would be best not to participate in any drills at the combine. We wanted to wait until my pro day at Virginia, where I could limit the distractions and just focus on being my best.
D'brickashaw Ferguson /
Drills
Virginia
Agent
Arrival
Combine
Distractions
Limit
Participate
Plaza
Prior
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