Russell Wilson earned a lot of criticism and doubters for the way he played during the past two seasons with the Denver Broncos, but he is not bothered by that criticism.
During a recent press conference, Russell Wilson was asked about the criticism he has received, and he made it clear that he just doesn’t really bother himself with what other people are saying about him.
“I never had it to keep me going,” Wilson said. “I’ve never been — I don’t know why — I’ve just never been worried about what other people think. I think ultimately I focus on, as I mentioned to you guys — obviously my faith means everything to me. God chose me for this, and He chose me to play this game. I’m one of 32 men in the world that get to do what I do, get to play this game every day. And you know, there’s eight billion people in the world, and for whatever reason, I get to be one of these guys. You know, I’m fortunate guys get to do this and walk into these white lines. And so, I always have to have great faith and just great belief. And so that’s just kind of in my spirit of me every day.
“And so for me, I don’t really focus on the outside part of it, I just focus on what God put in the inside and in terms of who he chose me to be, and just focus on that part of it. And then work your butt off every day. You know, this is the part where you just work on the fundamentals. You work on your craft. You’re obsessed with it. You’re obsessed with learning, that part of it, and that’s the part that makes it great.”
Wilson is currently competing with Justin Fields as he tries to earn the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback job.
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