I know that throughout my career, I haven't always played great games.

I'm a laid-back Texas boy.

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.

When you are having a rough day... you think you are failing. But failure is a part of life. It's about building character and growing.

I don't play for myself. I play for my teammates and play for the people that helped me get to where I am. I know they're watching me every week, and I want to play for them. It's just in my heart, and that's who I am.

I can't do something unless my heart is in it.

It took me years to separate Nick Foles the person from Nick Foles the football player.

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.

I think the big thing is don't be afraid to fail.

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.

Sometimes, the hardest things are just the simple things. Basically, get out of your own head and just go play the game you know how to play.

I've always had Russian coaches.

My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice.

I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out.

I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching.

I wanted to be a goalie.

Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S.

The Olympics really started motivating me from the very start. That was my dream from the very beginning.

Triples are hard. Triple axel is just not my jump. Quads are really my thing.

An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement.

Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge.

I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.

Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes.

Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it.