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I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

I had no idea the Vikings were interested. I was actually expecting other teams because the Green Bay Packers and three or four other teams asked for film after the combine in Dallas, and the Vikings weren't one of them.

I think that everybody should have the same opportunities.

Being a part of the practice squad was a tough year for me.

If I get a target, I want the ball in my hands.

It's the same thing as a competitor with anything whether it be a play, an injury, a distraction. You just put it behind you, you take the situation for what it is and you control what you control and the people that do that the best are usually the more successful team, person, individual, what have you.

When you're a competitor, you just want to go against the best.

The whole goal was to get an opportunity to go somewhere for OTAs because OTAs in this league are extremely important, especially for undrafted guys and guys who are on the bubble. You don't get a lot of opportunities in preseason games and training camp, so OTAs are huge.

I love to compete and I hate failing.

I just want to make sure that I'm competing every day and giving my best effort, because everything else just falls into place.

At some point, you're not going to be able to run the ball for 180 yards, even with the best running back in the NFL. That's when you have to be able to throw the ball.

You have to be able to make plays.

You have to be able to hit the deep balls.

We put everything we have into the offseason.

In this league, it's all about being close to 100 percent on game day.

It doesn't matter what play is called, you have to run that play and you have to be successful on it. It just comes down to execution, all 11 players doing the right thing.

The players have got to make the plays.

We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game. You just never know if you'll have the opportunity again, so you really want to make the most of it.

It's football. There's emotions.

I'm going to try to go out and do my best, and I'm going to try and compete every play.

It doesn't really matter who's getting the credit. We just love to be on the field and winning games.

It's really nice to be able to go into the offseason and attack the training as soon as possible.

By the time the season's over, I'm ready to get back in the weight room and start training as far as getting stronger.

A lot of times you don't see that, doesn't matter when they're drafted, first round or not. You usually don't see guys come in and wow you.

I really am genuinely happy for guys that get paid and have success when they actually work their tails off.