A biography for Jason McCourtyhasn’t been written yet.
“For me, when you're going in the late rounds you just always have that chip on your shoulder. At the end of the day, every team that didn't draft me - including the team that took me 203rd - everybody passed me a few times. And, for me, that kind of fueled me over the years.”
“Nobody cares what anyone did last year, whether you were good, whether you were bad, everybody has ambitions and aspirations for this year. But it really doesn't matter until you go out there and prove it and you go out there and do it.”
“It's very hard to win in this league.”
“Our careers are only but so many years, so when you have to wipe out an entire season basically because of injury it's kind of disappointing.”
“We all should realize the significance of a human life and how we all should be treated.”
“Mom, I guess for us, has been number one from day one.”
“Me and Devin have never hid the fact that us playing together would be a dream come true. My mom kind of has hinted at that since we both got into the league. She knows it would be a lot easier only having to travel to one city during the season.”
“Being twins, growing up extremely close like we did, the one thing that you kind of always wish the maximum amount of success for your brother.”
“There's always going to be something from one season to the next that's going to be a challenge, that's going to have change, that's going to force people to step up, force different roles on people.”
“Like, I've had full interactions with fans as my brother and they don't notice. Pretending to be Dev is easy. I just act like myself except much louder.”
“I was just trying to make it to a second contract before guys. I was trying to outplay guys on the field and trying to last longer than them in the league. I think all of those things go through your head when you're a late-rounder, and you're always trying to prove people wrong.”
“Before you have kids you can't even fathom what it really is.”
“You always wanted to see your brother do well - score a lot of points.”
“Before you have kids, you can blow up and get mad, then you have kids and they teach you the opposite. You have to be patient when you're helping - whether it's with school work or potty training, it's a whole other level of patience.”
“That's kind of what motivated us our entire lives, to be able grow up and be able to give back and do things for my mother.”
“I think for guys - you're going to have some people that are willing to be on the front line. You think of guys like Malcolm Jenkins, Demario Davis - guys that are willing to speak up and say, 'Hey, there's a problem, and I want to help change, and I want to be a vessel to keep this thing moving and see change.'”
“You think if you make it to the NFL, it's a success. You make it there, but quickly you say, 'I want to be a starter,' and that becomes success. Then it's, 'I want to win a Super Bowl,' and that becomes a success.”
“I'm paid to play the sport I love.”
“Obviously you want to contend for a Super Bowl.”
“Our father passed away when we were young so mom was the mom and the dad.”