Julian Edelman

“When Dad stopped playing in a rock band and was done chasing that dream, he devoted himself to his family. I would love to do the same thing - just without driving a 1991 Suburban and wearing sweatpants, a fanny pack, and six-year-old Pumas.”

“Special teams is one-third of the game.”

“The No. 1 rule you're taught as a receiver: You've just got to watch the ball. You hear about the guy who was lucky. But the guy who was lucky got an opportunity, and he was prepared for it. Sometimes the ball falls your way, and, you know, we'll take it.”

“There's a whole lot of things that I've got to do to get myself better.”

“Peapod is a great company to work with.”

“I guess you could say I'm kind of Jewish but not really.”

“I love my dad.”

“I just kind of try to go out and focus on what I've got to do to get myself better.”

“I'm not completely Jewish, if you know what I mean. I know people want me to be. My father is Jewish. My mother isn't.”

“Just play every play.”

“If it's a trip for pleasure, I always go with a comfortable outfit.”

“I don't even enjoy football, at least professional football, anymore because I'm breaking the game down constantly. You're sitting there watching the plays, and you're talking mental reps on what would I have done here against this coverage or this leverage, this, that. It is what it is.”

“I played 51 percent of the snaps outside, though. But you can go ahead and call me a slot as well.”

“Tom Brady is Tom Brady. He was a sixth-round draft pick. A lot of people passed up on him. He's a Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP. He's been in a bunch of Super Bowls, and he could care less about all of that. He just cares about winning the next game.”

“I can say playing for the New England Patriots has been the highlight of my life.”

“It's been a privilege to get to watch one of sports greatest athletes prepare and get to play with him; honestly... it's a dream. I remember being in eighth grade saying, 'I'm Tom Brady,' on the asphalt at recess, you know, playing football.”

“The regular season is awesome. It's fun. But postseason, that intensity and adrenaline you get from it is a lot.”

“I think everything happens for a reason.”

“The Patriots do a great job of establishing a common rhetoric of working hard and working for the men that stand next to you on the field.”

“I think any time you can go out and put pads on and practice before the season, I think it's a good sign. It's a good sign.”