Top 35 Marquise Goodwin Quotes

I’m just blessed to be able to be alive, to be able-bodied and be able to play this game.

As long as I have the respect and understanding of my teammates, that’s all that matters.

I led the world the whole year until the trials. I was in Birmingham, U.K. Broke the meet record, had the meet won already, beat the 2012 Olympic champion in long jump that day. It was a big moment. On the last jump, I blew it. Blew my hamstring.

I have the track label on me. I’m the track guy. So I have to go above and beyond the expectations of what other people will limit their bodies to.

I have definitely got more than a few pieces of cheetah in my wardrobe.

My relationship with my sister is closer than white on rice.

My wife at home. She didn’t have a pregnant belly anymore, nobody to cling to, no shoulder to cry on, no one to talk to, while I’m at work getting the love and everybody just patting me on the back. I was mad. I felt that I should be at home helping my best friend get past the grief.

I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.

It’s either join the workforce or become a professional athlete, and I’d rather be a pro athlete.

No matter what the outcome is, as long as you pray to Him and be genuine – because He knows when you’re genuine and when you’re not – and maintain the faith, I think things will turn around for you. I know things will turn around for you. And ultimately, you will always be victorious when it’s all said and done.

At the end of the day, all I can focus on is doing what I need to do, as a player, to help the team win.

My teammates give me a hard time about that all the time, ‘Hey, if you catch the ball and get in an open field, I want you to long jump from the 10 into the end zone.’… I might make it happen one of these days.

I don’t want to bring my personal issues to the field during game time. I don’t want to take focus from anybody else.

I know I’m a dog. I’m a beast especially when it comes to long jump.

I have proved I have more than linear speed. Track guys are known for not being able to catch, for not having good hands.

A lot of people don’t even know that about me, I grew up without a father.

I don’t compare myself with anybody.

I’m definitely not a track guy playing football. I’m a football guy that just happens to jump really far.

I’ve stayed sharp, basically through football workouts. I cater those workouts to track-specific things, so I don’t lose the rhythm I’ve always had to keep football and track in balance.

My sister means the world to me.

I’d love it to be in Buffalo. I love football. But I know how important it is to live your life like you want to.

The number of really good athletes is decreasing. People don’t want to work as hard anymore and they complain. In the future, there probably won’t be as many good athletes because they won’t work as hard. The world is getting lazy.

They drafted me in the third round to come play receiver, return some kicks and that’s my job. The Olympics are behind me and I’m just looking forward to helping the Bills.

Football has set me up to provide for my family, it has allowed me a better opportunity to do things in my life that track may have not.

I’m thankful for the relationship that I established with guys here in my time in Buffalo.

I just believe in helping other people.

I love long-jumping, and if I’m granted the opportunity without repercussions, then I will pursue it further, but I’m obligated to Buffalo Bills football and that’s the main focus.

I knew when I met Morgan that she was the perfect girl because she was in college, she was an athlete and we had the same morals and beliefs and I knew that she would be a great mom.

I’m not limited to running or jumping or catching footballs.

When the ball is in the air, my job is to catch it, no matter where it’s at, no matter how it is, no matter how difficult or how easy, you’ve just got to make it.

Like you see in the fairy tales, that’s how it planned out in my head. Kids, little white picket fence, the American dream.

I always knew one day fatherhood would be great, I just didn’t think it would be this great.

I’m looking to run the fastest, but I want to prove that I’m more than a speed guy.

I don’t think anybody in any sport ever sucks. You’re an athlete. You’re a professional.

With faith you can do anything and with love you can do even more.