Devin McCourty

“That's what coaching is: It's watching film and putting guys in the best position.”

“I was actually a Cowboys fan growing up, so I didn't care much for the Jets or Giants.”

“I think adversity hits people and we all know what to do when adversity hits we keep praying and we find hope.”

“As a DB you're trained to never look for a flag.”

“I think a lot of trust is done even off the field. When you get to know guys and you see their story, you understand what they're about and what playing on a team means to them.”

“Like I always say, the goal every day is not to get fired.”

“I think the biggest I learned when I got to the NFL is everyone is different. We have guys from all over. We believe in different things. We do different things. At the end of the day, we all come to the facility for work.”

“You can't take momentum and how you played from a win and think you just carry it over to the next game, and you can't take a loss and how you felt after and think that you can just transfer that and that's going to help you play better.”

“I think that every guy who has come through New England would say that he gained a lot of knowledge and experience that made him a better football player. But they also learned what it means to be a better teammate, a better husband and a better father. I think cultivating that kind of atmosphere is something we take a lot of pride in here.”

“I always believe in servanthood. It's about not elevating yourself to a positon of power. It's about humbling yourself to the last guy on the roster and try to help him do his job better. That's what my approach has always been.”

“Don't just be successful, but redefine success and then do it again.”

“I think in this league, that's how it works. You're either getting better or you're getting worse.”

“Every time I've played in the postseason, it's another huge accomplishment that I want to take full advantage of and go out there and play my best for the team.”

“It's just a tremendous feeling that you come from losing your father at 3 years old, to now, you and your twin brother in the NFL. A dream.”

“In the NFL you can't say this game is the biggest game ever and you get all pumped up and you go win and then you're like 'alright we did it' and then you go out and you play bad for the next two or three. Like every week you've got to be ready to go because they're all big games.”

“I think as you get older, you realize football as a whole isn't guaranteed.”

“I think my goal is always to win as many games as possible.”

“Don't lose sight of what made you who you are.”

“There's no individual that's bigger than the team.”

“My mom has done an awesome job with all my brothers of instilling in us how to give back, how to make a difference. Everything I do is to try and make her proud.”