Words matter. These are the best Nick Foles Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I guess my perfect day would be relaxing with my wife somewhere peaceful and secluded, or just lounging on the couch and watching TV.
Sometimes, the hardest things are just the simple things. Basically, get out of your own head and just go play the game you know how to play.
I know I have the ability to start, and I have the ability to play.
On a daily basis, I have to fight the internal battle to keep my priorities straight.
I grew up in the restaurant business, and that’s always something I wanted to do.
When you’re playing in the NFL, you can only do this for a short amount of time. Guys retire before they’re 30. If you play forever, you play into your 40s – and you’re still a young man with a lot of life left to live.
I can’t do something unless my heart is in it.
If you want to be a quarterback in this league or Pee-Wee, you’ve got to believe, ‘Hey, I’m the guy.’
It took me years to separate Nick Foles the person from Nick Foles the football player.
I love my family, love being with them, and that’s what I stick to.
There’s always going to be adversity.
Carson Wentz, he’s always continuing to improve.
It doesn’t matter if it’s first-, second-, third-, fourth-, fifth-string snaps – any time you get a snap and get to go out there and practice, you build a database of information.
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
I’ve always held myself to high standards.
That’s something that’s so often overlooked in this game – the dynamics of the locker room.
Having a child, that’s huge. I get to go home and hug my daughter. That’s the greatest thing in the world.
I think with experience and age, you gain knowledge and wisdom.
I can’t play football forever.
Third-string quarterbacks, fourth-string quarterbacks – they get their opportunities, and they shine.
You keep adding things to your game. You never want to stay the same. You want to be consistent.
I think, as people, we deal with struggles.
I’ve been in games where execution hasn’t gone like you want it. The key is you remain confident because you know who you are.
I love everything about this city, Philadelphia.
Nobody aspires to be a backup. And although I take great pride in the supporting roles I’ve played in both Philadelphia and Kansas City, part of me still cringes every time I hear myself described that way. Not only is it limiting and one-dimensional, it doesn’t come close to describing who I really am.
If you have to name me starting quarterback to go be a starting quarterback, then I probably have some issues I need to address.
Throughout my career, I’ve always loved hitting deep shots over the top. A lot of times, those plays just come to you. You don’t want to force it.
That alleviates a lot of the pressure when you know every single guy is playing for each other.
I have amazing teammates, amazing coaches around me, and all I have to do is go play as hard as I could and play for one another, play for those guys and not look at the scoreboard, not look at the time.
Things happen fast. That’s this league. You can’t slow down, because it’s going.
I want to be a pastor in a high school.
I think there are different kinds of quarterbacks, and if you look at any offense, there are different kind of quarterbacks, but you play to the strengths of whoever the quarterback is for the team.
Really focusing on what I have to do right now… no matter what role I’m playing – it alleviates everything around me and makes everything a lot more simple.
Everything you do in life is a process that you work at it, and you can’t give up.
I think the big thing with Philly is I have such a great relationship with all the personnel decision makers that if there ever does come a day where I am traded or something does happen, it’s going to be an open conversation.
I’ve never been great at social media.
We’re all human; we all have weaknesses.
Everyone knows I’m sort of goofy. Some guys are really serious when they play. I’m not.
I only care about winning and putting points on the board.
I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.
I’ve been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided – sometimes all in the span of a single week. That’s life in the NFL.
I know that throughout my career, I haven’t always played great games.
I’m into scripture every day.
I’m a Christian.
I’m a laid-back Texas boy.
I’ve wanted to be a starter ever since I was a little kid, so I wasn’t going to give up on that dream.
I just want to thank the good Lord for giving me the ability to play the game I love.
I’m not Superman.
We might be in the NFL, but we still have our daily struggles.
I’m very fortunate to be playing, and I know that any given day could be the last. And I’ll be thankful for the time I have had to play this game. But I’m going to give my all every single day.
Keeping our priorities straight, our faith, our family, and values will keep us grounded.
I wouldn’t be out here without God, without Jesus in my life.
After my time with a certain NFL team, I wanted to retire.
All glory to God.
Getting all the things down game-management wise, that’s what I want to excel at.
If you think you’re going to be a backup, you’re going to be a backup.
I’ve always tried to live in the moment.
You could ask yourself, ‘Hey, when you were 20, are you the same person?’ You’re not. You may have the same values, you might look a little older, you might have some things that are the same, but your heart, everything about you, starts growing, changing – good or bad. It just depends on how you approach life.
My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.
Now, to be a father, that changes everything.