Seattle Seahawks

Russell Wilson: Interest in baseball is not a 'ploy'

Published Apr. 23, 2015 7:02 p.m. ET

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson did a media tour on Wednesday and as you might assume got asked a lot of questions about baseball.

Here are some highlights of some of his quotes he gave to NFL Network as well as ESPN.

“I’ll tell you this, it’ll be very hard [to play baseball],” Wilson told Dan Hellie of NFLN. “It’d be very hard.”

Wilson knows it would be a challenge to play two sports but refused to say it would be impossible.

“I believe if anybody could do it I could do it,” Wilson said. “That’s just the way I’ve always been. I played two sports my whole life. I think it’s funny when people think that the whole baseball thing is kind of a ploy or whatever. For me, I’ve played baseball since I was three years old. I’ve loved the game since I was a young kid. And so for me I’ve loved both sports. It was my dad’s dream, it was my dream. And so I don’t know if it’s gonna happen. I’ll tell you this, I won’t give up football.”

Wilson was also asked about his recent contract discussions on NFL Network.

I don’t talk about my contract stuff,” Wilson said. “That’s a private matter between me and the Seattle Seahawks. When I came into the National Football League, I’ve always wanted to play with one team for forever. But I know professional sports. And so I just take one day at a time. I enjoy it for what it is. To be one of 32 men in the world that get to do what I do.To be the starting quarterback of a National Football League team, it’s a tremendous honor."

“I just want to continue to win,” Wilson added. “I told the Seattle Seahawks when they selected me, I told [G.M.] John Schneider and [coach] Pete Carroll the first day when they called me to select me with the 75th pick, I told them it was the best pick they’ve ever had. I truly believe that, and I truly believe that I was going to make the other 31 teams regret it.”

It does sound like Wilson is doing a bit of selling himself towards the end there.

Only time will tell whether Wilson gets that contract extension from the Seahawks. It could end up being a big factor whether he decides to pursue baseball or not.

(h/t Pro Football Talk)