“I honestly think there's people who just perceive me different.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHonestlyPerceive Author:Andrew Hawkins
“How you educate the people around you, what steps you take toward making it better, what sacrifices you make. The equation of life is simple: There's no gain without pain. For whatever reason, that's the way this world was designed in every facet. It's the same thing, there has to be a sacrifice.” PeopleWorldWayReasonPainLife IsSimpleStepsSacrificeThis WorldGainsEducateEquationsFacetsWithout PainLife Is Simple Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I'm in a unique situation. I'm 5-foot-6, 175 pounds, so I wouldn't say people are super afraid of me. I live a normal life. I don't walk into a room and everybody looks at me and says, "He plays for the Cleveland Browns" or "He's an NFL superstar" - that doesn't happen. I go under the radar. Most people don't realize who I am until I tell them. So it's not like my life has changed since I've been in the NFL or people treat me any different.” PeopleLooksDifferentPlayHappensRealizingWalksRoomsSituationFeetChangedNormalUniqueTreatsWho I AmNflPoundsLook At MeSuperstarNormal LifeRadarClevelandLife Has ChangedCleveland Browns Author:Andrew Hawkins
“Some people who make it to where we are, life changes for them, they're treated differently, they're recognized. They're 6-foot-6, 280 pounds and people automatically know what they do for a living.” PeopleKnowsFeetTreatedLife ChangingPounds Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I'm very much still connected to the way that I've always been perceived. And it happens. I'm not trying to play up anything, it is true. I've walked by numerous cars where they've locked the doors, I get into an elevator and someone moves out of the way. I've been to a place where some people think their children shouldn't play with my children. And that breaks my heart.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingHeartChildrenStillsPlayHappensMovingBreakDoorsCarMy HeartConnectedMy ChildrenLockedElevatorsBreaking My Heart Author:Andrew Hawkins
“My 4-year-old is the most kind-hearted person I've ever met in my life. Granted, he's 4, but he doesn't know people wouldn't like him. He doesn't understand that people would hurt him. When I get in these situations, that's what breaks my heart.” PeopleKnowsYearsHeartKindPersonsHurtSituationBreakMy HeartMetsGrantedHeartedBreaking My HeartKind Hearted Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I think people are wrong to do it, to compare him to your way of wanting to do it. If you're passionate about it, do it and do it your way. It's not always going to be in front of the cameras after a football game - that was the way I did it. Somebody else has a different way, and that's [James] LeBron, and I know who he is. And I can't get into specifics, but it did upset me that people were calling him out for that because they were just wrong.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayI CanDifferentGamesFrontsFootballCallingCamerasPassionateCompareUpsetDifferent WaysFootball GameSpecifics Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I don't think I'm saying anything wrong. And that's just how I judge it. I believe it's not so much about the people, that's just my take. I think making it about people is the wrong way to do it. I think it's the systems. The systems are broken; the systems are what need to be fixed. I think there's bad people in every sector of America.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsBelieveAmericaI BelieveJudgingBrokenFixedBad PeopleWrong Way Author:Andrew Hawkins
“There's bad people since the beginning of time. Literally one of the first four human beings was someone who killed somebody. So that's never going to change, unfortunately.” PeopleFirstsHumansHuman BeingsFourBad People Author:Andrew Hawkins
“A lot of things create a distraction, and when you're on a quest as a football team you want to limit distractions. I'm very much on board with that because I am a football player, and things can be distracting. We have 53 people that we have to make sure aren't distracted, because we only have 16 turns to do it, so every one matters so much.” PeopleWantMatterTurnsPlayerTeamFootballLimitsBoardsDistractionQuestsDistractedFootball PlayerFootball Team Author:Andrew Hawkins
