A biography for Aaron Donaldhasn’t been written yet.
“It's what you work for and grind for. Just to get out there and play the game and try to help your team to win. And in doing that, you just help yourself.”
“You visualize making a game-changing play, that's what you're here for.”
“I've got family, people that really care and want to see me succeed and push me.”
“I fell like I'm a well-rounded football player.”
“I want to be great, I want to be mentioned with the best to ever play the game.”
“I've got leverage on a guy that's 6-6, and I'm strong enough to push 600-plus pounds off on a double-team.”
“Once you start worrying about things, you get down about yourself, whatever it may be.”
“I feel I can rush the passer well. I feel like I can play the run even better than what I did starting off to when I got in my senior year as far as making plays in the backfield and just being able to break down film a lot better.”
“It's my mindset that I'm not where I want to be. I still want to be better, and I just want to stay humble about it. It's not an act. It's just how I am.”
“As long as somebody is making sacks, I'm happy.”
“We just have to try to play ball. We go week-to-week trying to find ways to win games. That is what it comes down to.”
“I don't see myself as somebody special. I just see myself as Aaron, the same guy I've been all my life.”
“I'm a competitor; I like to try to be the best at everything I do.”
“Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time spots. That's who I want to be.”
“You always want to have success, but you never think it will be as big as it is.”
“Pitt will always be my school and I'm honored to be able to support the Blue and Gold.”
“I'm just going out there and doing my job, so whatever it is - if it's a hard slide protection, if it's a double team, or even a triple team or a chip - whatever it is, I'm just finding ways to win, so that's about it.”
“I feel like I'm an inside guy, I feel like I'm a three-tech or nose tackle.”
“After games, you think about the play you missed.”
“At the end of the day you never know what team still wants what player. You just never know with the draft.”