“The whole team feeds on me. They know if 85 is up, then it’s gonna be a good day.”

“I’m not supposed to be here at all—it’s a miracle.”

“I’ve brought excitement back to the game. I make the game fun.”

“I’m working hard every day to attain all of my goals. Winning the Super Bowl is obviously at the top of that list.”

“In high school, when you’re a top player, there are ways of getting eligible, ways of getting out of going to class. It made going to the next level, which is college, that much harder.”

“I want to be considered one of the greats to ever play this game.”

"Stopping me? That’s impossible. There’s not anything that can really stop me."

"Football is my savior."

“Everybody says, 'He’s always talking.’ But out on the field I’m walking the walk, baby, every Sunday.”

“I could give you thirty names right now of people I grew up with who are dead.”

“My biggest asset is my combination of size and speed.”

“If football wasn’t a part of my life, there were three things that could have happened, and they were all bad. I would have likely been selling drugs, in jail or dead.”

“I’m a physical receiver, yet I can run and move like someone who is 5-8 or 5-9.”

“Football is my life. There is no question about that.”

"You have to use your mind n the NFL. Every player is smarter. Defensive backs bluff and disguise coverages to try to fool you."

"I wouldn’t be where I am right now if it weren’t for my grandmother."

"I want to be the positive bad boy."

"Everyone has to remember, I’ve always said that soccer is my number-one sport."

"I've done some great things for this team and this organization."

"Me and Tom [Brady] are really cool. It's been a joy, man. I respect him. He's the best at his craft, and I've always called him a surgeon. It's going to be fun being one of his patients. I'm going to enjoy it."

"I've always been a chameleon, so I'm going to blend in and do it the Patriot way, which is win."