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“I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that's part of football. That's like a firefighter knowing he is going to go into a fire at some point. You know you are going to be put in danger's way, and you accept that risk, and you do it.”
“My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.”
“I'm going to continue to work to be the best player in the world, and whenever that doesn't sound fun to me anymore, that's when it's over.”
“I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.”
“I love brunch. Brunch is my favorite meal.”
“If you're an outsider looking into my life, you're thinking, 'That dude is crazy. He's literally crazy.'”
“Trust me, I would love to have a wife and kids. I would very much enjoy that. But I also know that you have to be in the right place to do that.”
“A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.”
“Over the years, I've learned a lot about nutrition and about myself, so it's a lot more based on feel. I stopped putting a number on it because people were analyzing it too much.”
“I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.”
“I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.”
“No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.”
“When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.”
“Obviously, you get to do a lot of great things and cool opportunities at the Super Bowl. But at the end of the day, we all want to be here as a player. That's the goal, and that's why I work so dang hard.”
“I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.”
“People like to see a guy being built up; they like to see a guy go from the bottom to the top, but then once you're on the top for a little bit, people wait to see you fail, and they want you to fail, so they find flaws and they find reasons, whether it's being too nice or trying to make you out to be fake - that's what they do.”
“Everybody has a job to do, and you just know that every day you have to do what it takes to get there. Of course, everybody has those days where you don't feel like doing it. I'm just like anybody else in that respect. But there's a difference between not feeling like doing it and not doing it period.”
“It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.”
“Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.”
“My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.”