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" When you're dropping back and everything's going on, part of you wants to force it, but you have to make the right decision and not force the ball and sometimes throw it away. "
Nick Foles
You
Sometimes
Right
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" I think, as a quarterback and a leader, it's not necessarily what you do in the limelight. Obviously, you want guys handling themselves in an appropriate manner for the organization and the team, but you need to be who you are. If you're a guy who does that and can be a leader, and naturally that's what you want to do, awesome. "
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" If you prepare well and you play smart, there's times you'll dirt the ball or throw it away if you feel it's not there, but there's other times when you have to be aggressive and let your guys make plays. "
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" It doesn't matter if it's first-, second-, third-, fourth-, fifth-string snaps - any time you get a snap and get to go out there and practice, you build a database of information. "
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" Really focusing on what I have to do right now... no matter what role I'm playing - it alleviates everything around me and makes everything a lot more simple. "
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" My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball. "
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" I know I have the ability to start, and I have the ability to play. "
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" I loved my time in Philadelphia. I loved the fanbase, the people, and they will tell you the same thing. "
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" It took me years to separate Nick Foles the person from Nick Foles the football player. "
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" Everyone knows I'm sort of goofy. Some guys are really serious when they play. I'm not. "
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" My mom and dad both worked when I was little... My mom, her mom died when she was 11, so she had a rough childhood as well. She put herself through college in three years at the University of Texas - while working a job to pay for it. "
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" I just want to thank the good Lord for giving me the ability to play the game I love. "
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" We're professional athletes, and we have moments where we step back, and we have to think and assess everything in life. "
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" Since that moment in Houston where I fractured my collarbone, I've experienced a lot more experiences in the NFL than I had up to that point. A lot of them great, some of them not so great. "
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" Keeping our priorities straight, our faith, our family, and values will keep us grounded. "
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" That alleviates a lot of the pressure when you know every single guy is playing for each other. "
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" I've always held myself to high standards. "
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" I'm a Christian. "
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" Nobody aspires to be a backup. And although I take great pride in the supporting roles I've played in both Philadelphia and Kansas City, part of me still cringes every time I hear myself described that way. Not only is it limiting and one-dimensional, it doesn't come close to describing who I really am. "
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" Coach Pederson is the one who drafted me. He was the only coach who flew down to Texas and worked me out. I was only worked out by one team, and that was by Coach Pederson... the Philadelphia Eagles took a chance on me. "
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