As teenagers, we go through social, emotional and physical changes... and sometimes, to feel comfortable, we end up doing things that are not true to who we are just to fit in and feel loved.

I'm the oldest in my family, and I grew up with brothers, so we would be on the front lawn every day playing football, whether it's tackle or tag.

I've been able to become an entrepreneur and an independent artist.

High expectations are really intimidating.

I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.

People will always have an opinion. Even if you're over here saving the world, there is a group of people that will love you and a group of people that will always hate you no matter what you do.

Music dictates culture, and culture dictates music; they go hand in hand.

I'm always performing at Gay Pride events.

I'm always performing. I'm always hustling.

I realized that I really couldn't worry about what people think of me.

I didn't really get sidetracked into being a singer. It was just something I started to do for fun in school, like singing the national anthem.

I've always wanted to be a live singer and have dance be the complement.

I started dancing when I was about four, and my mother put me into dancing school, and I did every type of dance there is.

You have to know what you're doing to help people and have an important stance in life. You can only do that by staying focused, and I can't lose focus for a second.

After the whistle, during the whistle. Guys try to sneak stuff in. I just have to be uncompliant with stuff like that. Guys feel they can get away with stuff. I have to just try to not get back at him but make sure I finish through him during the whistle and not do anything that can jeopardize the team or that series of downs.

I'm going to stay respectful. The team comes first. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize them or myself, so I'll just make sure I speak lightly and carry a big stick.

As soon as I step on the field, totally different person. As soon as I step off, I go back to who I've always been.

If you go in there with a mindset that you're gonna turn things around and make that contagious, and people start to believe in it, you can turn into a winning program wherever you go.

It's nice to have a record, but it's even better to have a win. But it's team before self every time.

Some athletes take what we have for granted. They kind of feel, 'I'm here, and I earned this, so people who are not on this level should just give me what I want and move out the way.'

You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.

You want to get the sack, but you want to get the forced fumble and the fumble recovery. And if you get the touchdown, that's the cherry on top. But you're looking for those three always.

When I'm doing sports, I don't feel anything at all. I enjoy the moment. It's a safe haven. But once you try to let someone inside your soul, you become vulnerable. You have to be comfortable in your own skin. I don't open myself up like that to a lot of people. It takes courage.

I've just been competitive all my life. That draws from a competitive family. We're all athletes, and we're all trying to win no matter what it is, whether it's Scrabble or basketball.

I'm just gonna make plays and bring a good atmosphere to your organization.

I like to speak to my family in person. I get a bad rap because I don't use my phone enough to talk to them, but I do love talking in person, and I don't mind FaceTime, but actually, like, calling and texting, not too big on that.

I don't want anybody to be like me. By the end of my career, I don't want to hear talk of another Myles Garrett.

I didn't know how this would play out when I was a kid. I knew I wanted to play ball, be a paleontologist, and write poetry. I thought, 'Heck, where will I find the time? Well, football comes first, and I'll just find some time for poetry, and paleontology can come at the end.' I made this plan at 14, and dang, it's all coming together.

I won't take bullcrap from anybody.

I love making the big play. I love being out there with my teammates. I love the camaraderie. I can't say I always love practice. But it's a means to an end.

Don't let anyone be close to how good you are, no matter what the division is - one, two or three. It doesn't matter, everyone plays football. It doesn't matter who the competition is.

From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.

Boxing is kind of like football in that you test each other's desire to be there.

I want to take care of my family for generations. I want to have my head turned into a bust in the Hall of Fame.

You have to have some fun playing this game.

Make sure, if you're willing to say something, that you worked hard enough and prepared well enough to back those things up.

If there's the opportunity to turn things around, that's what great players do. They don't complain or become complacent with losing. They just go back to work every day and try to turn things around and make wherever they are a great place to be.

'Faithfully' speaks to me. It's about a guy who's busy with his work, always on the road, but I'm still completely into you. If you just hold on, I'll completely give myself to you. Just stick along for the ride.

I want the single-season sack record.

I can't go out there and be gassed and trying to go out there and make a play just for individual stats. Got to do the best thing for the team, which is to put myself out there when it's most productive for us.

Nobody is 100 percent every play, you know - eight, nine plays down the drive. Sometimes you do look back at it and say, 'Dang, I could have gave more effort there, or I loafed it a little.' But you work on those things.

I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house.

More people should stand up and not be afraid to do things that mean something to them.

I want to be the greatest. The greatest that ever played, regardless of position or era.

I feel I'm athletically superior to most of the guys I go against.

Regardless of whether I'm sitting on the bench or out there participating, I'm going to give my all whatever I'm doing.

My dad gives me goals, and then I kind of go even farther beyond those.

I don't want to have to be taken out because I'm tired or I need a breather.

I want to be dominant from day one.

I'm trying to be better every single day.