Nnamdi Asomugha

My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Anybody can be beaten by one pass once. Are you getting beat by that same pass multiple times in the same game?…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Oh man, you miss it so much when you finish playing, especially when you play for most of your life. You miss…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I tell people all the time that football taught me about life in every single aspect.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I've had a chip on my shoulder every year that I've played.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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.…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

As far as acting, I just went in and just started training. It was the first thing I did right when I…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

It can be a bit sententious in the Nigerian household, to the point where you feel like with any wrong step you've…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

When guys get to a certain age or certain level in their career maybe they don't do as much or work as…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Something clicked, and I was like, 'I gotta be prepared. This could end at any time.' That was my second year in…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

When football is your job, a lot of what you feel about yourself and about life can become attached to the outcome…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

For all of the achievements and awards, to be able to retire as a Raider ranks highest among all of those.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

For athletes, it's extremely tough to trust people with your finances. It's so easy to be victimized.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

I know that a lot of times when a guy is making a lot of money and he's not playing up to…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I get a different pronunciation at least every week. I think the worst one, or the funniest one I got, somebody called…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm really bad at self-promotion.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I get friends that ask that all the time, and I remember my mother asking me a couple of times, because there…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

When I hear about a player losing his money, I'll rarely, if ever, point a finger at the player because I know…

— Nnamdi Asomugha