A biography for Luke Kuechlyhasn’t been written yet.
“There are inherent risks playing football, but I think the guys understand it, and the guys not willing to take the risk, who are retiring, that's fine.”
“Speed creates space, it creates problems, it scares people.”
“I'm open to whatever is best for the team.”
“I just try to go out there and have fun and just get to the ball. That's kind of my goal: just get to the ball and make something happen.”
“I think when you play a contact sport there's always inherent risk and inherent risk to injury. At what point do you tolerate it, and at what point is it enough?”
“All of the linebacker spots are pretty similar, they just have different intricacies.”
“I think I'm a smart player.”
“I'm going to play football, that's what I do.”
“I'm one guy on an 11-man defence that needs to do his job.”
“The lifestyle I grew up with is still the lifestyle I live now: things in moderation, be smart with what you have.”
“Watching routes and studying routes, you can learn stuff that way or you can learn blocking schemes on blitzes. You never know what you can learn just sitting back from behind and watching.”
“Academics are very important.”
“We've fished down in Naples, Florida. We've fished out in Idaho. We've been everywhere fishing, and I think the best part of it is that it brings my family together and it gives us an opportunity to be around each other.”
“One thing that I like about football is it's a team.”
“You can get a young guy and he comes in and he's athletic, he can hit and he can run, but if they don't know what they're doing, they're a step behind.”
“I think until we win a big bowl game or do something like that, I'm just a guy who came and played at BC.”
“What's heavy for me when I lift, probably isn't actually a lot of weight.”
“I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to play the game for eight years and the people around me were fantastic, everybody in the Carolina Panthers organization treated me well, they taught me a lot.”
“A lot of what I do is try to watch tape and understand how guys come out of breaks - what their footwork looks like, or how they look at the top of a pass route. Guys have tendencies. I try to understand what they do, which allows me to be successful.”
“I'd rather have a game where I have two tackles and win than a whole bunch and we lose.”