“I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.”

“I feel good, but you can always get a lot better. And that's what I'm trying to do.”

“I came into a great situation, to get to win a national championship my freshman year.”

“I kind of grew up my whole life as an underdog. I had two older brothers who would beat on me and then let me know I wasn't much compared to them. And it's still like that. Guys like that keep you humble, being around them every day and realizing I'm still the little brother to them.”

“We can get pressure on the quarterback, we can drop back in the zone, we can do whatever we want out there. It makes a defense pretty versatile when you can have linebackers like that.”

“Laura’s [my sister] rooting for her brother. She’d better. She’s known him a lot longer than me.”

"The linebacker position, with all the defenses they’re playing, and with all the offenses you have to face, you have to be able to do a little bit of everything."

"I play with ten other guys who are really good."

"Anytime you get to the quarterback, it feels good."

"I try to take everyone’s head off, to tell the truth."

"Football is more important to me than money right now."