More - Nate Kaeding Quotes

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.

Nate Kaeding

 Paradox

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

Nate Kaeding

 

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,

Nate Kaeding

 

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.

Nate Kaeding

 

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.

Nate Kaeding

 

It has all the bells and whistles.

Nate Kaeding

 

Granted it's preseason or what have you, but I can't remember giving that performance going back to Pee Wee League or Little League, whatever you want to call it. I can't recall playing that poorly in that short amount of time in any sort of game. I've set a difficult course for myself the next couple weeks, but I'm not one to back down from it.

Nate Kaeding

 

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

Nate Kaeding

 

It's about game day,

Nate Kaeding

 

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.

Nate Kaeding