Andrew Whitworth

“I'm a technician. It's like that in football and the same way in golf. I want to try to find a way that I can swing the club properly. Over the years, it's getting better and better.”

“It's our country. I have a lot of pride in it and the flag and what that's about and all the people who fought for it.”

“The bottom line is the best way to lead is to play well.”

“I've always been known for speeding up the tempo. To me, that's just the way you play the game - aggressive. There's no time to rest. You rest on the sidelines.”

“I've got two contracts in my life. One, with my wife because we're married. And, two, I've got a contract to protect Andy Dalton. I'll do both of those to the best of my ability.”

“You learn the most by listening and so, to me, always just listening, always just paying attention and finding out what it is that people see in somebody like them. You find those things, and you try to figure out how to fit them into who you are, who you want to be, and how you want to lead.”

“Leadership, to me, is about the ability to have people want to hear what you have to say. People want to be around you, people want to believe in what you tell them, and they feel good when they walk away from you about who they are and what they're doing.”

“As an older lineman, if you start to sit around, you get stiff. You get tired. Things start to set in.”

“I feel like what's made me the player I am is always being willing to take the challenge.”

“I think the way to maximize not just your leadership but your ability to influence your team is whatever you can do that helps the team perform at a really high level.”

“You see some of these guys that lead in sacks every year, but they only play on third down or only play in certain situations.”

“Joey Porter is not one of the people I have respect for. His unprofessionalism is ridiculous.”

“Freedom is a part of protest as well.”

“It's cool when the O-line gets the chance to get some notoriety.”

“I love Cincinnati, and I want to be there.”

“As I say, 'Every tackle's nightmare is third and long.'”

“My mentality is always to seek perfection, and you'll find that if you can get somewhere close to it or in the vicinity of that, that's good.”

“You see guys that have been in the league for a long time and have taken that opportunity to not only make their game better but to make the people around them better. And to help them know things that maybe you wish you had known.”

“To me, it's about always trying to make decisions that reflect my leadership and who I am.”

“I love opportunities to do something I'm not supposed to be able to do. Hell, that's my career.”