Stefon Diggs

“It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.”

“You have to approach it the same way with any quarterback. You're going to try to do the best for your guy.”

“It's an emotional time for you when you get injured. You're going through so much. You have a lot of time to think to yourself.”

“Being away from the game you love so much, it will mess with your mind.”

“I can compete with anybody. I'm a true competitor. I'm a winner.”

“The thing about football is when you've got guys that work hard and do things the right way, it'll come together... it's supposed to if you put the work in.”

“Coming into my second year, my main thing is to show growth - show that I can be consistent and play at a high level all the time.”

“I believe in my ability and my mental toughness. I know I can pick up a playbook, like anybody can, and I can compete with anybody.”

“I just want to contribute to my team and earn the trust and do everything they need from me.”

“My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend time with my little brother, we're out on the football field. We're working out or playing Madden. We're spending time with each other, but our quality time is football.”

“I'm a football fanatic. I love the game of football. I love learning new things, and I love being taught things. So I try to learn as much as I can, and even at a young age, I was really focused on how to be better and trying to learn all the techniques.”

“Everybody's got haters, but your city's always behind you. It's only right to give back.”

“I'm a dominant competitor.”

“There are going to be games where you don't have the greatest conditions, so to show that you can do it in bad conditions is a plus.”

“Credit comes with success, and I need to have a lot more of it. In due time - I'm not rushing.”

“As a player, I'm going to do everything I can to help the organization as a whole. On the field, off the field, I'm going to do everything in my power.”

“There are great days ahead for the University of Maryland football program, and I hope I have helped to put the program in a better place than it was when I first got there.”

“Not having a father is big. You need guidance. I know, personally, when my father died, I needed guidance; I needed somebody to show me how to be a man, how to grow up, basically how to do the right thing.”

“The time you do get edgy and the time you do want to slack off is the time, boom, there goes your opportunity. So you don't want to have that.”

“I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.”