Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm a class clown.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm really bad at self-promotion.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I was never a big spender.

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I always grade myself hard.

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To look back where I started from, you can't help but be amazed.

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I enjoy stories that can spark a conversation.

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When I was a kid, my aunt snuck us into see 'Boyz n the Hood.'

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

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I don't think you can ever get bored or lose focus as a competitor.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I didn't have the luxury of going to the four year school for acting.

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I've always worked my butt off physically and mentally.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Seven straight years of losing isn't fun for anyone.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

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

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

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

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When I was a kid, I thought good acting was fascinating, and I could tell the difference. I could see that at…

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There's a drive, there's a hunger inside of me that says, 'I know what I can do and I'm going to get…

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

— Nnamdi Asomugha

When it's football time, that's where I am - the studying, the working, the practicing, everything.

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

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From what I came from, all the negative criticism - that keeps me from embracing that title of being the best. Because…

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There's a way to speak your mind. You don't just go off and say whatever you feel is right. You have to…

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When you go into free agency and have options, any team is up for you to be on - and the Raiders,…

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My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front…

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You become a family when you're on a football team. It's the ultimate team sport, so you have no choice but to…

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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…

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

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If we're in a scene together, I want to give you something that allows your performance to be truthful. In football, if…

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I come from a performing family. My parents are Nigerian, and their parents and their parents - and it's all about performance…

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

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

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

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

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There are a handful of guys that are really good at what they're doing from the receiver position, which is the easiest…

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

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

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When a team wants you, you can feel it.

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

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I think any time you get a boost of confidence, it fuels you to do more, and that kept happening for me.

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