Top 70 Jason McCourty Quotes

I don’t think we talk about the journey or appreciate it as much as we probably should. I think there will come a point in our lives when we will.

One thing I really believe is control what you can control so for me, each and every day I get an opportunity, no matter what if I’m with the ones, twos, threes, fours. If your number is called and you get a rep, make the best of the rep.

You paid attention to every cornerback that was drafted before you. You always tried to outperform those guys. And for me, that’s always been in the back of my mind – starting with not being invited to the combine, of wanting to make sure I had a good Pro Day and then getting drafted at the end of the sixth round.

Mom, I guess for us, has been number one from day one.

As an athlete, as a person, you are looking for motivation wherever you can find it.

Devin’s a drama queen.

Being able to watch my brother’s success, it’s been really cool.

I’m a guy that doesn’t really care what position. Whatever one I can excel at and help the team is the one I want to be playing.

God is good.

Obviously with social media, everybody has an opinion on you. Somebody catches a pass on you in a game and suddenly you’re the worst player ever to play in the NFL.

I’m paid to play the sport I love.

Understand who you are and what you’re passionate about, and move in that direction.

For every negative comment you see on social media based upon standing up for something, there’s somebody from back home that’s telling me, ‘Hey, I’m proud of you, man. Continue to do what you’re doing.’ Of course, you don’t do it for that, but sometimes it’s tough, man.

I think every step you take moving forward, and any type of success you have, you just want to cherish it for a second before you move on.

Before you have kids, you can blow up and get mad, then you have kids and they teach you the opposite. You have to be patient when you’re helping – whether it’s with school work or potty training, it’s a whole other level of patience.

I got drafted by the Titans in the sixth round. So I got drafted, but not by much. There’s nothing guaranteed for a sixth-round draft pick.

I didn’t think I’d be playing football at 31 so it’s a blessing just to be able to come out here and compete.

I think for us as people, when we can help someone with a blood transfusion, when we can help somebody with a monetary donation that can go towards research, to know that you can possibly save a life, it’s huge.

I think when you’re younger in the game, you’re like, ‘Let me go bench. Let me go squat.’ Now it’s just like, ‘Let me work on my balance.’ It’s about things that are more about injury prevention than getting stronger.

Nobody cares what anyone did last year, whether you were good, whether you were bad, everybody has ambitions and aspirations for this year. But it really doesn’t matter until you go out there and prove it and you go out there and do it.

I think for the rookies, stick to what you’ve been doing, stick to fundamentals.

I think that’s each and every week, you’re always gonna start with the basics, the fundamentals. One, stop the run. I think beyond that once you start there you’re always looking out what their personnel is, in which ways can they beat you and then you have to adapt and adjust during the course of the game.

Corner is probably different from safeties and linebackers, but I think the important part is coming out each and every day competing, not only trying to get yourself better but also for us on defense pushing the offense as much as we possibly can so we can just improve totally as a team.

For me, when you’re going in the late rounds you just always have that chip on your shoulder. At the end of the day, every team that didn’t draft me – including the team that took me 203rd – everybody passed me a few times. And, for me, that kind of fueled me over the years.

I think it’s important, no matter your profession, to never become complacent and always strive for greatness.

Obviously you want to contend for a Super Bowl.

I think for guys – you’re going to have some people that are willing to be on the front line. You think of guys like Malcolm Jenkins, Demario Davis – guys that are willing to speak up and say, ‘Hey, there’s a problem, and I want to help change, and I want to be a vessel to keep this thing moving and see change.’

Brothers, inherently, are competitive, and twins take it to the next level.

We all want to do something special on the field. But at the same time, we have a responsibility to get to know each other and build on things that we can do in the community.

That’s the reason we play this game – to make it to the tournament, and to try to win games once you get in it.

I think that’s the unique thing about our league is each year is a new opportunity for anybody to step up and make something of themselves.

The reality of the matter is I’m blessed to be able to do what I can and to have this platform. For me, I’m going to try and do everything that I can to use that platform to help those who don’t have the ability to spread their voice that people will hear them.

No matter what the football season is like, no matter what you’re going through with it, when you start to do things in the community and start to impact lives, it does make those successes or failures small in comparison.

We work extremely hard here to get better each and every day to put ourselves in a position to win games when the season starts.

As we search for change and seek for our voices to be heard, completing the census will help get us the resources we need.

I want to be a part of something where I felt like I am wanted and where I feel like I’m part of a family.

When you can attack legislation and get laws and the system changed, that’s going to bring a real impact, but we can’t expect that to happen overnight.

There’s nothing like a shake-up when you are on the street just training and everybody in the league is with their team engaged in offseason workouts.

Me and Devin have never hid the fact that us playing together would be a dream come true. My mom kind of has hinted at that since we both got into the league. She knows it would be a lot easier only having to travel to one city during the season.

Everyone always says, ‘Oh Jason helped Devin so much.’ I think they say that so I don’t feel bad he was a first-round pick.

That’s honestly one of the blessings of having a twin who shares your interests. You kind of get this mirror view of what you’re capable of.

There’s not one year to the next that you don’t go through a number of changes, whether it’s personnel, whether it’s coaching, whether it’s scheme.

Everyone in the NFL is an NFL player.

We have to take advantage of the platform we have while we have it.

The reality is, player-fan interaction for the 2020 season is going to be very minimal. Something as simple as charity events guys do year-in-and-year out, probably won’t be able to happen.

I think that type of mindset, no matter if you’re 16-0, you’re rolling through the playoffs, no matter what the situation is, there’s always going to be somebody that’s doubting you or saying something about you. I think for certain guys individually, it may be something that kind of gives you that extra kick.

We all should realize the significance of a human life and how we all should be treated.

I’m nervous before every game.

Good players should be signed and in our league.

As I prepared for the 2009 draft, I vividly remember meeting with a prospective agent that told me if I put in the work, I could be a good special teams player in the league for a little bit. On one hand, thanks for the honesty, I guess. But I thought I might be capable of more.

I feel like I’ve been able to learn to get along and be able to connect a lot of people.

Our father passed away when we were young so mom was the mom and the dad.

I’ve probably exceeded every expectation I had for myself, going into my rookie year of what my NFL career would be.

My two brothers and myself never had to look outside of our house in search of a hero. We got to witness one up close every day.

Like, I’ve had full interactions with fans as my brother and they don’t notice. Pretending to be Dev is easy. I just act like myself except much louder.

I know fans may not like it, but at the same time, I love to see a guy say, ‘you know what, I don’t want to be here, and I’m going to force them to trade me.’

I’ll never tell you I’m able to come to grips with 0-and-16.

It’s been crazy to not only learn about the criminal justice system, but to see how it starts so young.

I was just trying to make it to a second contract before guys. I was trying to outplay guys on the field and trying to last longer than them in the league. I think all of those things go through your head when you’re a late-rounder, and you’re always trying to prove people wrong.

I’ve been blessed with health and an incredibly supportive circle of friends and family.

When you’re twins, everyone’s always looking for differences. The ones they see are usually wrong.