I want to do something extraordinary, not just make a tackle. I want to make people's eyes widen, like, 'God, you see that?

For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at a crucial time. It's making a tackle for a loss when the opposing team needs to gain one or two yards for the first down. I look at myself as a sudden-impact player.

It means everything. Making my father happy, that's my biggest joy.

I approach football like a street-ball game, like I'm playing with the fellas in the yard.

A lot of guys see the complexity of the game; I see the simplicity.

I'm a free spirit. A spirit that evolves. I'm a diamond. I'm just refining it. Polishing it. Glossing it up.

The thing I see for myself is to be the best ever.

You want to get off to a start and put yourself ahead of the curve right out of the gate. You want to do that. You definitely want to stack your chips. You want to stack your nuts for all the hard times to come ahead.

He's well prepared. He comes up every week, and you can depend on him. He's ready to make a big play whenever we need one and therein lies the truth.

If you're writing a story, it's about two teams that did not quit. Both fought hard. Both deserved to win.