Top 55 Chris Hogan Quotes

Lacrosse has a special place in my heart after starting my career as a lacrosse player at Penn State.

Just being a dad, trying to balance both – football and being dad – trying to be the best at both. You know, you’ve got to work at it like anything else. I’ve been working.

Preparation is key.

I’ll do whatever it takes to get on the field and whatever is asked of me or needed of me.

As a football player, as an athlete, as a competitor, that dream of playing the Super Bowl… I was never going to lose that.

It’s been a long road. I’ve been cut, I’ve been all over the place, but my mentality has never changed.

When you have a dream and you believe in yourself and you have people believe in you, you just do whatever it takes to try to achieve that.

Professional lacrosse isn’t very lucrative.

Every single year is a year for me to take a look at how I’ve grown and how I can get better and better myself as a football player as a receiver and just as an overall team player.

For me, I’m an undrafted guy, so every single year was a battle.

I love coffee.

The air in Foxborough is just a little different. Like, Special things happen here. Winning happens here.

I never took anything for granted.

I can control my effort, how hard I work and taking advantage of the opportunities.

I know my wife works just as hard as me if not harder to have a career.

I think playing multiple sports is by far the best way to go. You’re talking about different teammates, different skill sets, different mentalities.

When it came down to it, I felt Penn State was an amazing school. I loved the campus.

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

When you see your leader not at 100 percent, you just want to play a little harder because of that.

It’s a lot of fun to be able to share special moments with my kids and wife.

I started when I was in sixth grade, playing Pop Warner. I played running back, quarterback, cornerback… all over the place.

Getting cut four separate times really never stopped me.

As a football player, as an athlete, as a competitor – that dream of being able to play in the Super Bowl, you’re never going to let that one go.

You can have all the experience in the world and come out and not play well.

Whatever my role is, I’m just going to go out there and do it to the best of my ability.

Charlotte’s great.

I think the mental aspect of the game is huge.

I think everyone’s goal at the beginning of the year is to get to this time, to get an opportunity to play in the Super Bowl.

I know they don’t come very often in this business, so every chance I get to step out on the field, wherever it was, I worked as hard as I could.

You want to go out there and do what’s best for the team, help your team move the ball down the field, make plays, help them win football games.

I’m not sure I’m the prototypical Patriot.

When opportunities come my way, I’m going to try to make the play.

When I got the call that the Patriots were interested, it was a very surreal feeling. I’ve always looked up to watching them play. They’ve been a team that has a long history of winning. Just to be considered to be a part of this team is a great honor.

Winning football games is why we’re in this business.

I think there’s a ton of carryover with the two sports, lacrosse and football.

DoMode’ is get out here and do your job and do work.

Monmouth was important to me because that was the first stepping stone. I am very grateful to the Monmouth program for taking a chance on a four-year lacrosse player who had a year of eligibility left. It was an awesome experience to go back there and play football again, especially since it was close to home.

Every single year I was on the block – could be cut, could be released.

No matter what, you’re going to have hard days out here. There’s going to be a drop here or a tough pass that you didn’t come down with there.

That’s football. It’s going to happen. Guys are going to get hurt.

Penn State was an awesome school. When I went and visited there, I was like ‘Alright, I want to spend four years of college here.’

Any time you see your quarterback hurt, your heart drops for a second.

I always go back to who I am as a player, and what got me into the league. It wasn’t by demanding the ball or anything. It was about doing what’s best for the team, doing my job the best I can, showing up on film and making the plays when they come my way during games. That’s what I focus on every single week.

I’m always competing.

I am excited about the concept of the Premier Lacrosse League. The idea is to bring the best lacrosse players from around the world together and showcase their talent to the fans.

I mean, I don’t think a lot of people know this, but I played corner in college.

This game is ups and downs. It’s ebb and flow. It’s never going to be high the entire time. It’s never going to be low for the entire season. That’s part of being a professional and dealing with the opportunities you get throughout the year.

I was a soccer player, but everyone said I was too physical so I moved over to football.

What we can do is control what we can control.

I have grown so much since I started in this league and it’s something that I feel that every single year I’m always learning, always growing.

I’ve had a lot of bumps in the road, but I kept my head down and kept working.

I love to compete. No matter what we’re doing, it doesn’t matter. We could be playing video games or ping pong, and I’m going to get fired up, win, lose or draw.

I just have to make sure that for 60 minutes, I’m going out there and doing my job, running routes the best that I can and trying to get open.

I’m playing in the NFL and getting to compete with these guys every single day, getting to play in the pre-season games. That’s a dream come true right there.

You know, I don’t ever – I don’t really compare myself to receivers.