Luke Kuechly

“If you can't play with your hands you can't play.”

“I think everybody understands in football, there's a knowledge of risk.”

“You look tight on camera, it sees it. The camera can see everything.”

“I think David Johnson is getting better, if that's possible. I think he's a really good player. I think he can do a lot of things. He's big. He's explosive. He can catch the ball out of the backfield. You can line him up out wide. I think he's a very dynamic player.”

“You can't just run in there and expect to get to the quarterback. There's good backs, good linemen, good protection that's designed so it's not easy to get there. A lot of it's technique.”

“Aaron Rodgers is on a different planet.”

“I played football for my whole life, and I love the game, I love everything about it and I love the Panthers organization.”

“I think leading's about doing what's natural to you, because if you do what's natural to you guys will follow it. If you do something that's unnatural they're going to know it's forced.”

“I always watched football on Saturdays and never did homework. On Sundays I had to do my homework. I didn't get a chance to watch games.”

“You've got to be smart with what you have; it's not going to be there forever.”

“I think football is a lifestyle more than anything. It's how you eat, it's how you sleep, it's how you conduct yourself. It's just everything you do you have to keep in mind, is this going to help or have a positive impact on how my practice is going to be, how my workout is going to be, how the game is going to be.”

“I think I do a pretty good job preparing myself. That's something I take pride in - being prepared and knowing what each individual guy is responsible for. I can point at guys and let them know what they're doing if they have questions.”

“We've been some cool places fishing. My parents and my family all went up to Alaska. We fished for king salmon, and that was really neat.”

“Everyone's always asking, 'How do you get there so fast ?' I'll make a play in a game, go back, watch the film and even I don't know how I get there.”

“Well being from Cincinnati I thought it would always be cool to play for the Bengals.”

“Speed helps a lot of things. It can cover up mistakes. I think with the evolution of the offense, with spreading things out more, the better you can run, the better you can be.”

“I like being able to run around. That's my game.”

“Putting on weight and keeping it on is important, so I'm a big post-workout protein and branch-chain guy.”

“I've been competitive my whole life.”

“You play with guys who are big-name guys, and you grow up watching them and it's fun to play with those guys.”