Athlete Quote by Robert Griffin III

I'm a big believer in the student-athlete part. I value the education and what it provides for you. Football is a vocation. Only 1.67…

— Dabo Swinney

That's the biggest difference from college to NFL. Everybody's so talented at this level, the difference is knowing the game - knowing where to…

— Baker Mayfield

The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a…

— Marv Levy

When you're in college you're just like, 'I can't wait to get to the NFL. I'm going to be getting paid.' But once you…

— DeSean Jackson

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I…

— J. J. Watt

Like I've always said, there's a lot that goes into being a football player that isn't the playbook and being on the field, but…

— Devin McCourty

Here's what I always tell people: It's a mentality that you have to have in the NFL. It isn't about if you have the…

— Tony Gonzalez

I've always known being a professional athlete is tough, let alone being a quarterback in the National Football League. There's a lot on you,…

— Matt Leinart

It's different in the NFL because you're getting paid to get hit. In college, you're taking hits for someone else to make money.

— Josh Rosen

You look at all the athletes who come out of high school and college into professional sports. And they hit it big, they make…

— Ted DiBiase Sr

One thing that translates from college to the NFL is winners, and, I think, being a quarterback, that's the biggest thing: being recognized, winning…

— Deshaun Watson

If you want to become a professional football player at any level, when you're growing up, you have to make sacrifices, and it's very…

— Chris Coleman