Reggie Bush Quotations | Page 2

I haven't directly asked them that question. They haven't really told me anything directly other than the fact that they're excited for this upcoming draft and that they're excited for me to be a Texan.

I'm taking this whole experience in and just enjoying being back here, playing for the national championship in Los Angeles. It isn't getting sweeter than that.

I'm not too disappointed. It is the nature of the beast.

I'm not worried about anything the Texas defense brings to the table. We'll see when we get in the game whether Texas can adjust. . . . If we play like we know how and do everything right we possibly can, there's no chance of us losing.

I like to think of myself as an every-down back. That's something I want to emphasize to the teams, whatever team that takes me, that I can be an every-down back, even though I'm not the biggest guy. I'm not 220 pounds, but I can still carry the load and be in there when the game's on the line. Obviously, I want the ball in my hands. I'm a playmaker.

I like to think of myself as an every-down back.

I'm a sports fan. I'm not just an athlete who plays football.

I really don't care, but I mean at the same time I'm pretty sure they feel like they're underdogs and feel like their backs are in the corner. What can you say? You're in Los Angeles.

I hope it rains. We'll get to carry the ball a lot.

I really put in a lot of extra work coming into this season.

I pushed him as hard as I could. I saw them all bunch up in the middle and I knew I had to help get him over.

I play on pure instincts. I remember being surrounded by three guys getting ready to tackle me, and I saw one of my teammates off to the right by himself, and I tried to pitch the ball to him. That's the type of player I am. I play fearless and I'm willing to score at all costs. I feel like if I would have made the pitch and we'd scored, it would have been the greatest play in college history.

I guess you can say it's mine to lose if I didn't take the proper steps in presenting myself to be the No. 1 draft pick. I'm competing every day.

I guess they just didn't have the answers for us today.

I think now it is just about the draft and making this whole thing happen.

But I?m very excited to test my abilities at the next level, to see if I could do the same things I did in college and high school and Pop Warner.

He's a playmaker and big time players step it up in big time games and he definitely stood up.

If I could sum it up in one word: complex. It's all about putting people in position to create mismatches for the defense. It's very difficult for defenses to single out one person.

I felt this was the right time for me. If they (Texans) were to pick me, I wouldn't have a problem playing there. I'm excited about going to the next level and proving myself.

I'd hope he is. I think he trusts me in my decisions and the type of person I am, and the decisions I make on and off the football field. I think it was important he heard it from my mouth.

I can't wait to get out on the football field. The seasons go by so quick and it seems like waiting for the draft and the process takes forever. I want to get back to playing football; all of us do. There's no spring ball because we're all going to the draft ... we're ready to get back to some football.

He bounced off the middle of the line left, and I just shoved him as hard as I could.

You can steal our plays all you want. But you've got to have the athletes to make it happen.

The championships we've won are still special. We're not ashamed about anything. We worked our hearts out to get to this point.

All the hype is going to be there, everything from outside is going to be there for a great game.

The history says quarterbacks get paid more than running backs, but I think it depends on the caliber of the player - what you're getting, not just what the position is.

Baseball was my first sport. I wish I would have stayed with it.

I feel like it's God's plan for me to play football and make a difference in people's lives.

I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best.

Taking care of my parents is one of the things that I want to do, just give them some of the things that we never had a chance to have. It's all about remembering where I came fromt.

I don't really look at other people's moves because, when I'm on the field, I'm not going to remember them. It's just something that has a lot to do with instinct and vision and all those running back aspects you have. You put them all into a basket, and you just use them on the field and go out there and make plays.

I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.

Pressure to me now has become almost part of my life. It doesn't really affect me anymore. People talk about me being under pressure or having pressure of having to come in and be this great player that everyone expects me to be right away. It doesn't really faze me. It's become second nature now. It's almost like it would be weird not to have it.

First and foremost, I'm a running back. That's how I perceive myself.

I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.

The more money you get, the bigger target you become. That's true. It's sad but it's true that you have to be aware of every person that comes to you with the next greatest deal. You just have to look at every single person with a fine lens. That's the way my life is going to be from here on out.

This is my calling, this is why I was put on this earth-to make a difference in people's lives.

My life is parallel to a horse race. They have blinders on to keep them from being distracted in the race and keep them focused on winning the race. That's kind of like my life. Focus on the goal, not the things coming at me from the side.

I think that’s a mistake if [Aaron Rodgers] does not throw at [Richard Sherman]. Now, he doesn’t have to make it personal vendetta against him because I’m sure all year, all he’s heard is how he did not throw on Richard Sherman.

The goals and expectations that people have for me are pretty high, but ... if I were to have to compare their expectations to mine, I would say mine are ten times higher.