Top 50 Eric Reid Quotes

I try to look at myself to get better as a player.

I love cars.

When I’m on the field, I just do my job.

Faith without works is dead.

It’s funny, you’ll probably find me more often watching soccer than a football game, because I get enough football in my daily schedule.

I feel like I would be a hypocrite not to use my platform to speak up for people who are facing oppression in this country. I did it and I still do it because I believe it’s worth letting people know that if we do this together, if we stand up together we can make change.

I can’t imagine how traumatic it must be to have a gun pointed to your head for no reason at all.

I trust my ability to play in any defense.

You’d like to think we’re past certain things, the way we treat people. I thought we were at a time where you love your neighbor as yourself. But as I’ve studied history – it hasn’t repeated itself necessarily, but it’s dressed a little different and is acting the same.

We want our president to be a president and not threaten to shut down the government over a wall. To change the oppression that happens in this country, it has no place in the world, let alone America.

The game of football has changed for me. It was a personal goal for me at first. But now it’s a way to provide for my family. It’s a way to provide for my daughter. I’m just ecstatic that I can do that.

I have a military background in my family.

We have to speak up for those who can’t do it for themselves.

I prefer safety. That’s what I’ve played my whole life, but if the team needs me to play linebacker, then I’ll do it.

It was always my dream to go to LSU and play football.

It’s nice to get comfortable with the plays before the season starts.

For one, when has Jay-Z ever taken a knee to come out and tell us that we’re past kneeling? Yes, he’s done a lot of great work, a lot of great social justice work. But for you to get paid to go into an NFL press conference and say that we’re past kneeling? Again, asinine.

I majored in business at LSU before I left.

We’ll continue to hold America to the standard it says on paper that we’re all created equal because it’s not that way right now. But we’re going to keep pushing towards that.

The goal is to talk about the issues that are happening in this country with the ultimate goal of making change.

As long as you focus on getting better at one thing a day it accumulates.

Nothing will change unless you talk about it.

Being from Louisiana, I’m very familiar with the heat and what it can do to you if you don’t take care of your body.

My goal every day is just to get better at something.

I think that’s something that we as black people in this country have been robbed of. I compare it to my brother’s wife, who is Hispanic. She was born in America but her parents are from Honduras. She speaks Spanish. She knows the culture. But most black people, we were robbed of that. We don’t know our heritage.

I played a ton of special teams at LSU. I’m familiar with it, I’m comfortable doing it.

I’m not going to change the way I play.

I have a Mercedes, which is a pretty fast car. It’s not a Lamborghini.

I believe that there are issues in this country – many issues, too many to name. It’s not one particular issue. But there are people out there that feel there are injustices being made and happening in our country on a daily basis.

Ever since the eighth grade, I can honestly say I cut out carbonated drinks from my diet and started focusing on hydrating my body well. It’s a message that needs to get out, especially in the south.

I’d like to think I improve every day. That’s the goal. I try to.

My mother served in the Armed Forces.

I have a job to do, so I’m gonna do it.

In the stands, I’ve always heard the people yelling. When I’m in the community, when I get approached, I can honestly say I’ve not had anybody say stop kneeling in public. It’s all been supportive.

I still bleed purple and gold, so it was a no-brainer for me to go to LSU.

I think that’s awesome to have a former player in the GM role, somebody that not only understands the game of football but has played the game of football.

I’ve been very fortunate and blessed to have been able to play football at LSU.

I try not to look too far ahead.

I’m from Louisiana, and I’m used to having space and a yard.

I think I’m a very cerebral player.

We’ve got to keep fighting. Got to keep agitating. Got to keep making sure that we put pressure on the people who make the laws, and the decisions, in this country.

I love big hits.

We have to lower our guard and know saying something’s wrong isn’t a bad thing.

In fact, my mom would have gone to the Persian Gulf War had she not been pregnant with me.

I’ve just always done what I’ve felt is best, according to what the Bible tells me. That’s why I started protesting, and that’s what I continue to do every day.

It’s really exciting for me and my brothers to watch the World Cup.

Tackling is my favorite part of the game.

It’s important to discuss the issues that we have in our country.

I think I’m a very versatile player, that’s how I was at LSU.

The Great Depression, they come out with the New Deal, black people didn’t have access to those government stimulus packages. The New Deal set up what is known as the modern-day middle class. We didn’t have access to programs – the G.I. Bill, Social Security, home loans – none of that.