Julian Edelman

“There's a lot of crazy stuff in this league, and you got to go out and you got to earn your role out every year.”

“Obviously, my goal No. 1 every year is to play in every game.”

“As a rookie, I had changed positions. In college, I was a quarterback, and I had never played other positions.”

“The more everyone tries to do their own job, that's when the team fires on all cylinders.”

“Here on the East Coast, I think Shake Shack is awesome.”

“Anytime you get to go out and see the fellas and play with them and talk with them and be in the huddle and look at guys and participate in drills - I mean, that's what you play the game for, ultimately.”

“It's always exciting to get back out there with the teammates and start a new year and get on the field.”

“There's no one more valuable for me to learn from than Tom and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, in a lot of ways. Every time I'm around them, I learn. The way they are with their kids, the way they make time to spend with each other, they are just good people.”

“I try to live by the 80/20 rule - 80% clean, 20% cheat. During the week and while I train, I eat as clean as possible. But I always like myself a good cheat day, which includes a juicy burger.”

“Everyone goes down a road that they're not supposed to go down. You can do two things from it. You can keep going down that road and go to a dark place. Or you can turn and go up the hill and go to the top - try to go to the top.”

“I put at the top of my paper every day, 'Never comfortable.' It's just how I feel always.”

“You can't worry about what other people say, honestly.”

“When I am working out, I listen to inspirational speeches.”

“Boston is really just a cool place to play.”

“So I've been fortunate to have a bunch of teammates - pretty much all the teammates I've had have been pretty good guys.”

“I like to leisurely cruise around town on a longboard.”

“I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.”

“I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day.”

“The draft is an exciting time.”

“It's one thing to be 100 percent and go out and play football feeling great. It's another thing when you're not feeling good. You're sick, or you got a nagging injury, and you gotta go out in the cold and go across the middle where a guy's coming full speed at you trying to kill you.”