Nate Kaeding Quotations

There's only one thing worse than being a rookie; that's being a rookie kicker.

I've kicked hundreds of balls in the rain before, there's no excuse for it.

I was lucky enough to get it loosened up (thanks to a medicinal shot). It was definitely there, but I could still kick on it. With some good treatment on it, it shouldn't be any problem.

I think this is behind me now. Something I learned the last six months and this last week especially is that I have to be my biggest fan,

It was probably just a slip on his part. I have no idea what he was thinking or what he was trying to say. If it was any sort of gauge on their preparedness for the game, I think we went ahead and reconfirmed those thoughts out on the football field against them in that bowl game.

It was probably just a slip on his part, ... I have no idea what he was thinking or what he was trying to say. If it was any sort of gauge on their preparedness for the game, I think we went ahead and reconfirmed those thoughts out on the football field against them in that bowl game.

There is nothing I can do to ever make up for that kick, ... But that happened. I take responsibility for that. In the future there are going to be opportunities, and I look forward to that.

It's not about what I'm going to say or how they're going to act toward me or what the coaches are going to say. I've got to go out and make the kicks. It's about what I do in those couple opportunities I get on Sunday.

Everybody knows you're going to miss some. It's just the reality and the probability of it. It's the ultimate paradox for a kicker. You go out expecting to make every kick, but you also know it's probably not going to happen. So you have these two conflicting thoughts and realities. The really good kickers are the ones who can process that information. That's what I'm learning to do.

You have to have a good perspective, not just on football, but on life. You really have to have your life in order in terms of what's important to you. I had to understand that football was important to me, but it wasn't my life.