My mind-set is to come in and compete and be the best I can possibly be. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how well you play individually if the team isn't winning. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I learned early in my career that I had to be prepared for life after football because you never knew when it… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
When it's football time, that's where I am - the studying, the working, the practicing, everything. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
For athletes, it's extremely tough to trust people with your finances. It's so easy to be victimized. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
You become a family when you're on a football team. It's the ultimate team sport, so you have no choice but to… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
Something clicked, and I was like, 'I gotta be prepared. This could end at any time.' That was my second year in… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I've always felt that I'm successful for a reason - so I can help, whether that's one individual or a group of… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I remember players talking to Willie Brown in my presence. Receivers asking, 'Is this who you drafted? I can't believe this is… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
When football is your job, a lot of what you feel about yourself and about life can become attached to the outcome… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
You kind of have to be secretive about what you're doing post-football because if you're really outward and everyone knows about it… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
If we're in a scene together, I want to give you something that allows your performance to be truthful. In football, if… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
In high school, my dream was to go to the NBA. But when recruiting came around, the letters for football compared to… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
There are a handful of guys that are really good at what they're doing from the receiver position, which is the easiest… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
You always want that as a player, to have that guy on the other side of you that's equally as talented and… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
It's a difficult thing in this league to match up, to line up and play one-on-one football. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I've been blessed. I've had a fortunate, successful career in the NFL. It's been longer than I initially expected when I came… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
In high school, you can just go out there and play. In the NFL it was so much more mental. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
Just to have the opportunity to play in the NFL, I think it's the biggest dream come true for me. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
As a player, you're not really in control of your destiny and the way you make a living. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I help receivers on my team every now and then, but I'm slow to do even that because they could end up… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
My favorite piece of clothing as a boy was a purple Magic Johnson jersey from the Los Angeles Lakers. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
Football came in at an interesting time. My dad passed, and my brother was one year older than me. And so he… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
The beauty of football is you have to perform through ups and downs in a public form with a team and the… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
Obviously, teams are passing a lot more, and there are rules that... allow the offense to be more explosive, so you want… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I give my all for the sport, and I just don't like it when, if things don't work out, people say, 'Oh,… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
Anybody can be beaten by one pass once. Are you getting beat by that same pass multiple times in the same game? That answer… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
Oh man, you miss it so much when you finish playing, especially when you play for most of your life. You miss just being… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
I'm very grateful for my time in Philadelphia and I want to thank the Eagles organization for the opportunity to play here. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for so long,… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
I'll be relentless in my efforts to be great, but I'm realistic. I know I can't be perfect because I've seen it. But at… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They think you're… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
As far as acting, I just went in and just started training. It was the first thing I did right when I retired. I… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
I give my all for the sport, and I just don't like it when, if things don't work out, people say, 'Oh, he doesn't… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
It can be a bit sententious in the Nigerian household, to the point where you feel like with any wrong step you've set yourself… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner. — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
When guys get to a certain age or certain level in their career maybe they don't do as much or work as hard so… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
Something clicked, and I was like, 'I gotta be prepared. This could end at any time.' That was my second year in the league.… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share
