Deep Quote by Alex Smith

I think sometimes you just need to play in this league. As a rookie coming out of college, you don't understand the real significance…

— Michael Cooper

I never thought I'd be playing pro. I didn't really think that I was going to be playing in college or professionally, but I…

— Darren Waller

I have a long way to catch up. I have to start with the pros this year, about 20 seconds back.

— Josh Brolin

When I first came into the league, I was in Tennessee and I had guys like Courtland Finnegan, Chris Hope, Michael Griffin - a…

— Jason McCourty

In my rookie year, I got a chance to play and from there on, I just tried to prove I can be a really…

— Jrue Holiday

When I was a rookie, what motivated me was trying to win Rookie of the Year and play the best that I could that…

— Michael Carter-Williams

My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.

— Tim Tebow

Pro Day was very important for me because that was really the only time that I had to prove that I could play at…

— Matt Cassel

I think I had a good rookie year, but at the end of the day, I want to be one of the best tight…

— Zach Ertz

I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.

— Carson Wentz

I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.

— Ryne Sandberg

Going into my rookie year I expect to play well and I expect to win a lot of games.

— Joe Burrow