“I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.” IfsThinkingSchoolAbilityPlayerFootballCollegeHigh SchoolNflFootball PlayerCollege FootballNfl PlayersGood CollegeGood High School Author:Robert Griffin III
“I was never on a mission to be an NFL quarterback. I wanted to be a good high school player, and I worked hard at that. That made me good enough to play in college and then I wanted to be a good college quarterback. During college I played well enough to make it into the NFL. I never took it for granted and really wanted to play hard at each level and I have always had a lot of fun doing what I wanted to do.” WellsMadeHardEnoughPlayWantedSchoolFunLevelsPlayerCollegeHigh SchoolMissionsGrantedNflGood EnoughQuarterbackPlay HardGood CollegeGood High School Author:Peyton Manning
“Actually, I was lucky enough; I was a heavyweight, so making weight for me was never that much of a problem in high school. Now, it would just be near impossible, because I'm a little heavier.” LittlesEnoughProblemSchoolImpossibleLuckyHigh SchoolWeightNflHeavyweights Author:Alex Mack
“Football really was my salvation in high school. For some kids it's art. For some it's music. For me, it was strapping on those pads, yanking that helmet over my head, and getting out there with the team.” ArtKidsSchoolTeamFootballHigh SchoolSalvationNflHelmetPads Book:Rudy: My Story Source: Rudy: My Story
“I played soccer growing up, and then high school came along and the football coach came out one day and was like, 'Hey, do you want to kick for us?' I was like, 'Sure, I'll come out and kick one day.' I got moved up to varsity and that's how the story began.” WantStoriesSchoolGrowing UpGrowingFootballOne DayHigh SchoolMovedCoachesHeySoccerNflKicksFootball Coach Author:Kyle Brindza
“My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I remember saying to my mom and dad even then that I was going to play in the NFL, and buy them a house and a car.” PlayAgeSchoolRememberFatherGamesHouseFiveCarMomDadSixHigh SchoolMy MomNflUnclesMom And Dad Author:Thomas Jones
“I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high school, so I like to "talk shop" anyway. But it's fun to actually get paid to cover the NFL with all these incredible former players and sports anchors.” BigsSchoolFunSportsBoysPlayerHigh SchoolPaidIncrediblesAthleteFormerNflShopsAnchorsAdrenalineAdrenaline Rush Author:Megan Alexander
“It's more mental in the NFL than it was in high school. In high school you just line up and close the gap. In the NFL you have to do the right things so the team can win.” SchoolWinningLinesTeamHigh SchoolRight ThingNflGaps Author:Raylee Johnson
“When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.” RunningSchoolTreeTeamFootballBasketballHigh SchoolCatholicCoachesForestsRanNflPhiladelphiaAmerican FootballFootball PlayerFootball TeamHomecomingFootball CoachGood BasketballSports FootballFunny FootballFunny American FootballNfl FootballInspirational Football CoachHigh School Football Author:George Raveling
“I haven't seen a new football play since I was in high school. You have just so many holes in a line and you have eleven men playing, and there's only so many ways you can go through those holes, and those ways have been used for forty, fifty years.” MenWayYearsHas BeensPlaySchoolUsedLinesHavensFootballHigh SchoolHolesNflFiftyFortyElevenBest Football Author:Red Grange