Tavon Austin

I just hope the coaches give me an opportunity to show who I am deep inside.

I kinda motivate myself and keep me on my toes.

I'm about the wins and any time I get to touch the ball, hopefully I can make something good happen with it.

I'd like to be two inches taller, but it just ain't happening.

I'm a little guy, but I play big.

I understand the plays, the depth, the routes, the splits and everything. I just feel good that I can make some plays. Definitely, the game's slowed down for me.

Speed is always good, speed always kills. That's the type of offenses I've been in anyway. That's a good thing.

I just come in, do my job, walk off the field, that's just me.

I am a receiver, I am an athlete, at the end of the day. So, I can play any position that the coaches draw up for me and put me in the best position to make plays.

My career has been up and down through injuries, through different coaches that I played for.

You've always got to have a chip on your shoulder. No. 1, I'm a small player, so I've always had that chip on my shoulder my whole life.

A lot of people feed off my energy. I have to keep that up. I can't just be loud one day and the next day saying nothing.

I'm a true running back at heart, to be honest. That's what I played my whole life.

I've never really been in a steady place.

If I'm in the rotation, I'm in the rotation. If I'm not, I still will support the guys like I am in the rotation. But when I do get my turn, I definitely will make the best of it.

I'm just the type of guy who wants the ball in my hands any type of way.

Goals after football would consist of continuing to build my family.

I've always been passionate about giving back, not just anywhere, but to my city specifically. That's extremely important to me.

I'm cool with it, running back, receiver, punt returner, it really doesn't make a difference to me.

I don't really care where I'm at on the field. I just want the ball and a little bit of space and let me create and I'm going from there.

At the end of the day, I'm a playmaker. That's how I describe myself.

You're always going to feel disrespected because you're getting traded. Evidently, you ain't doing something right or you ain't getting it done or they don't believe in you.

I'm strong. A lot of people don't think I'm that strong, but I am.

All I can do is come in and work hard and hope my number is called.

I look at it this way: If the defender gets the chance they'll lay it on you. So for the most part I just try to go out there and bring it to them like they would try to do to me.

I believe that just because of my size people are always saying, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.'

The league is changing. There are a lot more small receivers now. I could see myself maybe in a slot like Wes Welker.

I kind of approach every game the same. At the end of the day, it's another game.

A lot of people say small guys can't get it done. But at the end of the day, it depends on how big your heart is.

I'm the flag man. That's been happening to me since I've been in the league.

I love the Rams to death.

I don't care what I'm being called as long as I'm playing, that's all that matters. You can call me anything you want as long as I'm playing.

For me, it's more about the mental game, learning coverages, learning the whole offensive playbook.

I'm kind of hard on myself.

It feels good to have your own name on something.

I can block, I can catch and I can run. It's about being in the right spot at the right time.

Coach Cignetti has got a good scheme, good plan for me, going to try to get the ball in my hands as much as possible.

I think it's real big to be honest just because of how the media say I'm a bust and all of that stuff. I really don't pay too much attention to it but I know one thing about it is when I'm focused, I'm focused.

I've been a little guy my whole life.

I gave my blood, sweat and tears over here - the St. Louis Rams, then coming to the L.A. Rams.

If we're losing, I probably won't be talking as much. I'll probably be more talking to my pads.

Baltimore is a tough place, but I love every bit of it.

I wasn't a person to cry or point fingers or find any sympathy.

At the end of the day, there's only one ball.

I just know that whenever my name gets called, I'm happy, and I'm ready to get in there.

The same way I run now, I swear, is the same way I ran when I was 6 years old.

There's always going to be a chip on my shoulder.

If you talk to my former coaches, they'll tell you that I'm really smart on the football field.

I grew up as a Ravens fan, and I liked the Patriots, too.

One game, you can get 15 touches, and the next game you might not touch the ball.