Nnamdi Asomugha

My mind-set is to come in and compete and be the best I can possibly be.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

The leadership qualities that you have to have to be a producer on a film is something I learned being a captain…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

In great Al Davis fashion, he took a reach that he believed in and instilled confidence in me like nobody else could.…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I was maybe halfway through my career, and I was shooting a Nike commercial, and the director came to the trailer and…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Football came in at an interesting time. My dad passed, and my brother was one year older than me. And so he…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

It takes time to change a system and to change a mindset.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

My freshman year, I started working with a group called Touchdown for Kids.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Luckily enough for me I reached a level in the game where no one questioned my work ethic or my ability and…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Ultimately, the Niners just felt at the end of the day like the right place to be. I was really impressed with…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

You know in acting you have those moments in a movie where a character yells or breaks down crying and you're like,…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I always grade myself hard.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

As a player, you're not really in control of your destiny and the way you make a living.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm one of the guys that thinks you have to spend a lot of time at whatever your craft is in order…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I don't talk smack because I feel like it's a waste of energy.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

People told me all of the time, 'You could be such a big star if you just talked about yourself more,' but…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I always go back to the fact that one man can make a difference. No matter what the issue, we always have…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm a class clown.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I learned early in my career that I had to be prepared for life after football because you never knew when it…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I hate the term black sheep, but I just felt like I wasn't keeping up. It was a subtle pressure I put…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I've never gone into a season thinking I didn't have something to prove.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

When a team wants you, you can feel it.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

As far as producing, I was thrown into it on a film called Beasts of No Nation when we were in Ghana…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

In high school, my dream was to go to the NBA. But when recruiting came around, the letters for football compared to…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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