Deshaun Watson

“People think, 'Oh, he's a black quarterback, he must be dual-threat.' People throw around that word all the time. It's lazy.”

“I'm the type of person that always strives to be great.”

“You just always have to protect yourself. Try not to take any unnecessary hits.”

“You correct the mistakes, and you move on.”

“Clemson was the best three years of my life.”

“I try to do what's best for the team, try to get the win, and try to have success on offense.”

“I'm just going to do what I can do, not worry about taking hits. I'm not going to shy away from that... I'm going to try to protect myself and make sure I do my job.”

“It's very motivating, very aspiring to have the knowledge of me being able to be successful so young and have players go out of their way to talk about me.”

“You try to learn as much as you can with each rep.”

“I'm the best player in the country. That's how I think. That's how I feel.”

“One thing that translates from college to the NFL is winners, and, I think, being a quarterback, that's the biggest thing: being recognized, winning games.”

“It took a long time for me to put a smile on my face over the course of my lifetime, and my experience of what I've been through on and off the field.”

“I am an all-around player. I'm like LeBron James. I can drive, I can shoot, I can pull up. To be honest, you can't game-plan against me.”

“We barely had lights, but my mom always made sure we had food on the table and somewhere to sleep.”

“What makes a home to me is the energy. I'm a big energy person, so somewhere that I can relax, feel free and not have to worry about anything.”

“I've played through a lot of injuries before, as a young kid through high school.”

“I embrace it all. I embrace and really enjoy everything that comes with the business that I am in.”

“I can control what I can control. I just focus on me, and that's it.”

“There's only so much that you can control, especially when the game speed is super, super fast, and guys are flying at you, and you're trying to make a play and get rid of the ball.”

“Between lunch and dinner, I try and snack on fruit and granola.”