Denard Robinson was my quarterback in high school. Never had his shoes tied. I don't see how you can play like that.

Basketball was always my game.

I guess you could say I took the hard route. That doesn't work for everybody, but it's worked out all right for me.

Yes, I went the junior-college route, but I was playing at some very good junior colleges.

The bottom line is I'm a football player, and I played three years of college football, and I produced all three years. I also got better every year, and I just felt like it was time to move on.

Coming from a home like I did, I learned a lot about work ethic and determination.

We had bills to pay. My dad wasn't working, and it was tough for my mom. People were always raising the rent, so I had to work, too. Everybody in the house worked to pay the rent.

I had a lot of different jobs.

My mom and dad taught me a lot. They kept me out of trouble and told me to go a better route. They taught me how to be a man, basically.

We moved from place to place, and it was hard to adjust to different schools. But we made it.

I had a job to take care of my parents, to take care of some bills at the house, because my daddy wasn't working. I had to figure out how to make that all work at one time. I was working at Boston Market... I told my coach, 'I can't play football because I have to make money to help my mom.'

I want to get to the quarterback and stop the run.

My dad never quit no matter what. He couldn't see, but he never let that stop him. Most people, when something like that happens, they just think their life is over. But that's not true. My dad can still do things like a normal person. He still cooks; he still watches my sister and my brother's baby when my mom's not home.

What I bring to the table to help my team is that I'm never going to quit.

I'm going to keep rushing the ball until the whistle blows and it's the end of the game. That's how I'm going to keep playing.

USF gave me a chance to show what I can do.

When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

When it comes to the Cowboys, I always play great against them.

I just do my job; I'm out there to make plays and play football.

I don't like Philly. I don't care at all about Philly.

Not every pass-rush move is going to work to perfection, so therefore, you've got to figure out what's best for you.

I don't have a go-to move, man; I just rush.

I don't vote.

I am a great pass rusher. I'm not saying, 'Do you think you can be?' I know I am. I am.

I just want to go out there and play to my full potential, and play a healthy season, know what I'm saying?

In this game called football, we don't know who's going to the playoffs.

When a role model tells you it's going to be OK, it's going to be OK.

I'm a role model.

At the end of the day, media is going to say whatever they're going to say.

I'm just very fortunate that I'm alive. I look every day and see my hand and say, 'Thank you, Lord.'

I know when it's time to joke and when it's time to be serious. As far as football goes, I'm serious.

Once you touch that grass, you know in your head only one team is going to walk out of there with a win.

I don't like people knowing about my business, and my situation, so I try to keep out of people's situations unless they come to me and ask for help.

Without God and the strong heart that I have, I wouldn't be able to make it.

I try not to put myself in horrible situations anymore.

I'm missing an index finger.

I think nobody can block me. Nobody can stop me.

Once I get on a roll, it's hard to stop me.

Football is a game of business. You don't work for free.

The Giants have a great organization, great fan base.

I can't play 'Madden' without an index finger!

You can't predict injuries. That's one thing you can't do.

Every year, jobs are on the line.

Whatever I can do to help me be a better player, I'll do it.

I can do better, and if that's consistently training even harder, then I'm going to do that.

Being injured, nobody wants to be injured.

Each year is a year for you to get better, so that's what I'm trying to do.

You've just got to have it, man. Like, in this game of football, you can tell when you look at film who's more passionate about the game.

To play this game, you've got to have heart, and a lot of guys don't have it. I can sit here and say we all do, but we all don't.

We need everybody to contribute as one and do what we've got to do to win. Football is not an individual game. In basketball, LeBron James can take over a game by himself.