Andrew Luck
Andrew Luck
Andrew Austen Luckis an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He played college football at Stanford, won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award as college football's player of the year, and was recognized as an All-American. He was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in both 2010 and 2011. He was named the Offensive Player of the Year in the Pac-12Conference in both 2010 and 2011. CBS Sports draft analyst Rob Rang called...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth12 September 1989
CountryUnited States of America
I remember playing a high school basketball game where I didn't eat anything for breakfast. I ate, you know, like a PB and J and some chips for lunch and nothing before the game. I didn't make it through the first quarter. I wish I hadn't have learned that way, but it did leave a lasting impression.
I figure it's a European thing to eat cheese and crackers before a meal - that's my afternoon snack, or I do it before dinner.
Breakfast is so important, so I'll make an omelet with cheese and deli meats, and then I'll eat muesli and yogurt mixed with fruit or oatmeal with fruit - and then a side of baked beans.
The sweetest thing we ever had was, like, animal crackers in the pantry. I think my parents sort of passively made sure that we didn't have a lot of junk food at our disposal, and I think that helped me and all my siblings growing up with how to approach nutrition and eating right.
To me, breakfast is my most important meal. It's often the meal you play a game on. I make sure I have oatmeal, milk, and fruit. It's the fuel you use to hopefully do your best, so eating right is a big part of being a professional athlete. I wish I paid more attention to it earlier in my life.
It's fun to learn a new playbook.
Peyton was the best, my favorite quarterback growing up.
Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history.
The victories are what I judge things on.
I like to play football, read some books, study.
My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.
I've been lucky enough to be around some great coaches, all the way from Pop Warner to now.
I think the preseason helps a lot, just to feel a little bit about the speed of the game.
I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.