Vernon Davis Quotations

We're better than last year; we're way better.

I feel good about being labeled the new breed of tight end. That's what it is, when you got a guy who can do more than catch the ball, to get extra yardage after catching the ball and make guys miss.

I feel like I'm ready. I'm ready to go out there right now.

He tried to find different ways to get me the ball. He was always coming up with creative plays. When you've got a tight end who can make moves like a wide receiver, where there's a linebacker on you, that's a mismatch.

Just from being around them and meeting with them, it seems as if they would take me.

Jeremy's real aggressive. He doesn't stop going. You have to get leverage on him first. If he takes off before you it's hard to get him.

My coach, he tried to find different ways to get me the ball ? options, coming up with creative plays. But they were normally the seven routes, the post corners and the digs, and when you got a tight end ? who can make moves like a wide receiver ? when there is a linebacker on you, that's kind of a mismatch.

I sit back and watch guys like Heath Miller coming in as a rookie and doing things like he has done, going to the Super Bowl and making plays. That is something to be proud about, a guy who played in the same conference as you. I know I can do it because I have a good work ethic.

They all tell me they?d love to have me. I feel good about being labeled the new breed of tight end.

They all speak highly of me. They all say they would love to have me, but you never know.

Antonio Gates is a good player. He's someone I have watched throughout my college career and I like the way he plays. But there are some things when I look at the guy, he does a little better than myself. And (there are) things I do better than him as far as speed, things like that.

It's just been exciting. It's just a great feeling being able to accomplish some of the things I've been able to accomplish.

It's going to be a strong challenge, but I think we have the talent to beat anybody. We lost to them last year, and this is about getting back at 'em.

I knew if I had a good season I'd probably think about leaving. There wasn't anything holding me back, but I knew if they told me I'd get a first-round grade I was going to leave.

I hear different things. I could be the No. 2 pick, No. 4, No. 6, No. 8. I'm not worried about that.

I figured if I could beat this guy, and he's the 12th overall pick, then I had a good shot. I was ready to turn pro right then and there.

You've got a tight end who can make moves like a wide receiver. When there's a linebacker on you, that's kind of a mismatch. That pretty much speaks for itself.

I don't think about the past, I only think about the present because what I do today sets me up for the future.

I wake up each and everyday happy because of all of the great things that I have going on in my life and I think about all of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me.

The only time I really get afraid is when something is affecting my family. But even then, I start to think about the Bible and the passage that says "you should fear no one, fear no man, but only God," and I feel better.

If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.

Always follow your heart and have faith in yourself and believe in the Lord and He will believe in you.

Be a leader, not a follower. Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot be.

I knew he would never play for Wales ... he's tone deaf.