Top 44 Eric Weddle Quotes

Going through everything in my mind, I kept waking up in the middle of the night thinking Baltimore, thinking this is my fit, this is where I want to be, and they want me.

Understanding why we are here, what we are supposed to be doing, relationships, and striving to do more other than play football – when you get understanding like that and apply it, it works wonders.

They welcomed me like I have been a Raven my whole life. It meant a lot to me. I knew what I could bring to the team, on and off the field.

I’ve always been able to overcome things, and to this day, it still bugs me that I couldn’t overcome a ball to the face. But I think things worked out for the best.

I never, ever dreamed that I’d play in the NFL.

I try to keep a Sabbath perspective.

If teams are doubting me and offering me such a small amount of money, it might not be worth moving my family.

For me, personally, I’m a simple guy.

We came from a neighborhood that was kind of older, so we didn’t have that many kids that would go out and play. We moved into a neighborhood that has, like, 50 kids in it. There are 12 houses where we kind of all share a big backyard, and we’re all circled in there. If one kid goes out there, they all go out and play.

People didn’t like me because I didn’t take any garbage.

I’m a pro. I’m a professional and strive to be the best and try to have fun.

The things I felt Baltimore would give me is a team that gives everything for each other and a team that wants to win and has a goal to win a Super Bowl every year.

There’s so much uncertainty within certain players and the organization.

That irritates me the most – missing tackles.

I love working with the youth. I am just as new to the gospel as lot of the kids, so I get just as much out of it as they do. Just being around them makes it one of the best callings.

Our kids are super outgoing and energetic, and they definitely don’t stay in the house at all.

When I didn’t go to church during my first two years in the NFL, I didn’t know how it would impact me as a person. It was hard to go six or seven months without church.

If I am running 100 yards, I should be cut. Because then I am getting beat. I do not need to be doing that. I need to be running 20, 30, 40 yards as fast as I can over and over and over at optimal energy and efficiency and speed.

I want to continue to show what I’m all about.

I brush it, brush it after every practice and stuff, just because it gets tangled. It’s just all natural, let it grow, let it be, let it be real.

I want to help my team win, and this is a winning organization, so there’s no added pressure.

I’ve never had surgery. I don’t drink. I don’t go out. My shoulders, back, legs, hip, they’re all fine. I think I bring a lot to a team.

I have noticed a difference in myself spiritually. I have had a better relationship with my wife and kids. It’s because I am putting the gospel first. I just wish it hadn’t taken me so long to realize it.

Great night. Phelps got a gold. How sick is that.

I can guarantee you this: We will be the strongest, most in-shape Ravens team that this team has ever had.

It’s not a selfish desire, growing a beard, but maybe I need to not have the beard, and it’ll bring us more wins.

It’s a blessing to know that the church and the gospel are the same no matter where I go. I can find a church and know the services and feel at home there.

There’s a love of San Diego that I will always cherish, but this is the East. It’s football – these people love rooting for the Ravens, and this gives you extra motivation in life to go get what you want.

I just want to go out on a high note, go out on top, and lead my team.

I want to go somewhere I have a chance to win a Super Bowl.

I’ve been to just one AFC championship game.

Obviously, there is a high standard here of getting into the playoffs and having a chance at the ultimate goal, and that is the Super Bowl.

I want to be great. I want to be the best.

When your heart tells you something, you have to go with it.

I want to be appreciated, to be loved, to feel wanted.

Everybody drops balls every once in awhile. I just can’t let it happen.

I’m not Ed Reed. I’m Eric Weddle, and you’re going to get a great Eric Weddle that does a lot of amazing things on the football field. And there’s no pressure; pressure is self-inflicted.

I’ve played in San Diego for nine years and gone against my new team a bunch of times, and I’ve always envied their success. I’ve always envied the way they play, the way they go about business.

San Diego is the best city in the world.

Ed Reed is a legend. Ed Reed will always be the standard that, as players, we look up to and strive to be like.

When you think of Baltimore, you think of football. You don’t think of anything else. This is what I want. I’ve always wanted it.

I think I’m one of the best. If you don’t think that, then that’s your opinion.

I want everyone to do well and to be as successful as you can. Because at the end of the day, this game is about relationships and what you make of them.

Baltimore, it’s been an amazing place and experience. It’s opened my eyes a little bit just of other organizations. I’m proud to be a part of this team, proud to be part of this group of men that really challenged each other, never pointed the fingers, never turned our backs on each other.