25 Random Quotes By - Adam Thielen

25 Random Quotes By - Adam Thielene

You constantly have to grind, work harder than anyone else.

— Adam Thielen

I have tried to have a really good, positive attitude.

— Adam Thielen

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.

— Adam Thielen

I played college football for free. I had to pay to play, really.

— Adam Thielen

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

— Adam Thielen

I think there were a lot of people at Mankato reaching out to the Vikings saying to just bring me in for a tryout.

— Adam Thielen

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.

— Adam Thielen

The guys who play at a high level probably think they are better than they are, and that's all right.

— Adam Thielen

I'm always going to feel like the underdog. I feel like that's the kind of mind-set I want to have and if I do lose that mind-set, I want somebody to slap me in the face and say, 'Hey, pick it up and get back to the roots.'

— Adam Thielen

I honestly don't care about individual awards or statistics.

— Adam Thielen

I've always been a very observant person, a visual person. That's my way of learning. Things on paper, notes and things like that, don't help me the same way as watching things live.

— Adam Thielen

It doesn't matter what happened in the season or what happened the last play, there's always an opportunity to make the next play.

— Adam Thielen

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.

— Adam Thielen

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

— Adam Thielen

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.

— Adam Thielen

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.

— Adam Thielen

I love to compete and I hate failing.

— Adam Thielen

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

— Adam Thielen

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

— Adam Thielen

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

— Adam Thielen

You have to be able to make plays.

— Adam Thielen

You have to be able to hit the deep balls.

— Adam Thielen

We put everything we have into the offseason.

— Adam Thielen

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

— Adam Thielen

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.

— Adam Thielen

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