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 matter what happened in the season or what happened the last play, there's always an opportunity to make the next play.
When you're a competitor, you just want to go against the best.
I think there were a lot of people at Mankato reaching out to the Vikings saying to just bring me in for a tryout.
I love to compete and I hate failing.
If I get a target, I want the ball in my hands.
I just want to make sure that I'm competing every day and giving my best effort, because everything else just falls into place.
Being a part of the practice squad was a tough year for me.
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.
The players have got to make the plays.
It's football. There's emotions.
It doesn't really matter who's getting the credit. We just love to be on the field and winning games.
I love when people think it's going to be easy to guard me.
It's really nice to be able to go into the offseason and attack the training as soon as possible.
As a competitor, when you have a bad play, all you want is to get the ball again and get going.
I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.
Whatever play is called, I go run the route.
My wife and I are breakfast people.
As a competitor, as an athlete, you want the ball to come to you.
That's something you work on Day 1. You never stop your route.
Defenses usually are trying to take away the guys who are getting a lot of catches earlier in the season.
You constantly have to grind, work harder than anyone else.
You have to have a great offensive line, great quarterback and guys around you that believe in you and help you.
