It feels good when you put the hard work in and it comes to life out on the field.

I need to be the leader day in and day out - and I will be.

I want it to be here in Chicago. I'm going to play my heart and soul out for this team and give it everything I've got.

I like surprises.

I like mysteries.

Who wants to get sacked? Not me.

Everyone in this league can throw the football and make plays.

I love the grind. I think it makes you better in all facets of life.

I was a LeBron fan, wanted him to stay in Cleveland for the hometown team, but he made a decision for his family. You've got to respect that.

I don't think anyone wants to win more than I do.

You've got to be the hardest-working guy.

You've got to be the most knowledgeable, and you've got to be competitive.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

It's my job to run the offense and make sure everything goes smoothly.

I'm not very good with the numbers and details and the language of contracts. I just want to play football.

I'm very intense and passionate about what I do.

I'm human. I'm going to make mistakes, but I'm trying to do the best I can.

I like to try to play around 223, 220 pounds. It's a comfortable playing weight.

I'm kind of OCD.

I expect to play well.

This isn't a one-man game. You're never going out there by yourself.

This is the best team sport ever created.

You get frustrated because you're so competitive and you want to win every drill.

I know if you're not first, you're last. That's all you need to know.

Freshman year of college we got to go on a NASCAR course in Charlotte.

We're just going to continue to grow, keep getting better, but I definitely think it's the work we put in in practice.

I love those words: killer instincts. Great teams, great players, they develop that, and it's not something that has to be said.

We've got to have that mindset that we've got to close out games and go up by more than two scores to really shut out the opponent and just take away all their confidence.

If a teacher goes, 'Do you guys want an easy test?' You're going to say, 'Heck, yeah.' The less you've got to study, I'm going ace this test.

The more reps you get, the more you calm down and the less thinking you're doing. Then you just go out and play.

You need balance in your life all-around. When you find that balance and relax and get away from the game a little bit - and when you come back, you just go that much harder.

We know to come to work every day. It just makes everything that much more fun.

I'm thinking about football all the time... This is what I love to do.

I've been trying to prove myself since I picked up this brown ball at the age of 7.

As a competitor, you want the biggest, tallest challenge you can possibly ask for.

Coach Nagy has a gunslinger mentality.

I've realized that these people you look up to - watching Aaron Rodgers, watching Tom Brady - they're humans just like I am. They can make mistakes. They're just people.

There's an inner desire, something inside of me, that's always wanted to be great and leave a mark.

I want to be the guy calling the shots.

Every little thing you do is going to add up and be the difference and contribute to your success. If you believe in that, it's going to make you want to get 1 percent better every day. Do that extra one rep in the weight room. Do that extra mental rep at practice. Stay a little longer because it's going to add up and be the difference.

My mom's a character. My dad was my coach, but my mom was the one who was hard on me. I would come home from a game in high school after throwing five touchdowns and she would say, 'Oh, you played all right. You can do a little better.'

It's weird to think about money and all that other stuff. I really just want to play football.

Your life can change in one year. You can go from a nobody, not even getting any playing time on a college team, to being one of the most highly touted quarterbacks coming out of college for the draft.

Mitch, Mitchell - I don't care, but my mom prefers Mitchell. I'll answer to either one.

It really doesn't matter whether you get picked first, second or in the sixth or seventh round. It's an amazing opportunity to play at this level.

I actually haven't had a Chicago-style hot dog.

I'm just like everyone else. I want to spend time, go out to to eat, hang out with my family, and I love talking to and meeting new people. But I'm just a person.

Unless you're from Cleveland, northeast Ohio, you really don't understand. It's a sense of pride that we have. You just kind of root for the teams in that area.

No pressure on the outside is greater than the pressure I put on myself.

Even though I hated being a backup as a competitor, I embraced my role and I found ways to get better on my own.