Troy Vincent Quotes (42 Quotes)

I don't have a selfish bone in my body. I understand that moving on is part of the nature of this business. My assignment was up in Philadelphia. I did exactly what I was supposed to do there. It's not bittersweet at all. I feel exactly the same way I have for my 13 years in the NFL. You don't like watching two other teams going to the Super Bowl. But I'm overjoyed for them.

We can't think about someone getting better. But you go along with it. J. P., we believe in him and we respect his ability and we have to rally behind him.

Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens.

Win it, or it's start all over around here.

There is no future. This is the season. Get to the Super Bowl.

You can't compete when one team has an open wallet and another team has both hands covering it up. It really can create disparity, not just at a club level, but at a player level as well.

You're talking about a guy who just doesn't do it from week to week. He gets the job done every day of the week. I hear people talk about this person or that person being the best safety in the league after they've had one or two good years, but Dawkins has been more consistent at that position than anybody.

If we get to that uncapped year, ... guess where those franchise values are going to go The arrow will be pointing straight down. You need a salary cap to keep the franchise values up.

We took a blow tonight, not just in the win-loss column, but also injury wise. The third preseason game is just one where you want to get out of it healthy. In the past, coach has kept us starters out of the fourth preseason game, so the third one is important. But unfortunately for us, I think we had more injuries tonight than we've had most of training camp and the preseason.

It's just not about filling our pockets. It's not just about increasing salaries. What's best for the sport I'm not taking anything away from baseball, but we don't want one team with all the money to be able to sign all the players while another team in some of these localized markets can't compete.

Jerry (Gray, defensive coordinator) threw everything that was in our game plan. This was the first week since I've been here that he tried everything. He was trying everything just to find something to click.

It is a concern, and it's not just the NFL that's getting bigger, America is getting bigger, ... We have an opportunity in our sport to protect those men because it's not just affecting you while you play, the true effects happen when you're retired. The guy who isn't out there participating in physical activity, burning calories, he's just going to be bigger, and we've seen it.

But that happens constantly, and then you get into a game and there are a thousand things going on and you have to make split-second decisions.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

We felt there were many minorities that were worthy candidates. None went to minorities and that's an issue.

Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible.

Even though most of them will never be professional athletes, they can always control who they are the rest of their lives.

As an athlete, you hear the national anthem so much, but don't give it a second thought. Your mind is on the game. High school, college, the NFL ... it had become routine. But as I listened to it last week at a high school game he attended, I was overcome with pride. Pride to be an American. In the midst of all this, it felt good.

We don't count Herman Edwards because that was a trade. None went to minorities and that's an issue. We felt like there were many minorities that were worthy candidates - Art Shell, Tim Lewis, Jimmy Raye. There were viable candidates who, for some reason or another, did not get the nod. We'll continue to keep pressing that envelope.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

Still, the popular former Eagles Pro Bowler wondered how things reached such a point. It's just unfortunate, ... I apologize to the fans and those people that support our sport because we're all affected - all of us, myself included. ... It's just not good for our sport.

Professional sports are something they can't control.

Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.

I encourage everyone out there to get involved.

These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

There has to be something in place. But what we may think is enough or not enough, likewise the men and women running those organizations may say it's enough or not enough. ... Where's that happy balance.

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As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself.

Together we knew that we could have success.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.

He's a smart guy, very savvy. He's been doing it for so many years at a high level, so it's second nature to him. You are not going to blitz him out of anything. He's seen every coverage that's ever been devised.

We did it together. Not one individual carried this team.

We want them to know what it's like to be a leader, what it's like to be a team player because those things carry on in everyday life.

The National Football League is a humbling league. You can't rest on your merits from a week ago. We're not good enough to go out and play average football. We have to play extremely well in all three phases of the game. We're not good enough, defensively or offensively, to just show up.

History is history.

You're talking about a football fight versus a fight for the seat on the bus. There's no comparison. People were dying in the era where you were fighting for rights, fighting for a voice. But I do think his enthusiasm, the fire in his heart, was homegrown.

We missed a ton of tackles. I don't think we're pressing. But we didn't give the offense enough opportunities.

I love the stadium we have here, ... I love the atmosphere. But you look at all the skyboxes and the luxury seating and the amenities at the newer stadiums in big markets and you can see where the disparity comes from.

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

We didn't play good, sound fundamental football. Jerry (Gray, the defensive coordinator) threw everything that was in our game plan, and obviously we didn't make plays. We have to be held accountable as players and make some plays.