Nate Robinson convinced he would be a top NFL cornerback

Nuggets point guard Nate Robinson was a standout cornerback at his Seattle high school, and played football for the University of Washington before settling on a basketball career in his sophomore season.

However, according to an interview with Believe the Hype, football is still very much on Robinson's mind, and he believes he'd be an elite cornerback in the NFL if he was still playing the game today.

Here are Robinson's thoughts transcribed by Yahoo! Sports:

"If I was in the NFL, I’d probably be at least, like, the first or second DB in the NFL. One, two or three, I’d say, because Tampy Bay Buccaneers cornerback] Darrelle] Revis is pretty solid, Arizona Cardinals corner] Patrick Peterson is pretty solid and you got my man Sherman holding it down. It’d be a tough position, but the level that I was playing football at at the time, I was — you know, it was fun for me and it came pretty easy. [...] And I only gave it a year in college, so for me, it’d be pretty scary to think about, you know, my future in football. If I really gave it my all, and stopped focusing on basketball, and gave everything I had on football, I’d probably be one of the best corners the NFL has ever seen."