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I love Coach Koetter.
I'm a player, the coaches coach.
I love my coaches. Coaches love me.
I really don't care about my numbers.
Last time I checked, no one is perfect.
I just want to be the best version of me.
Preparation starts after the game before.
I want to play defense. I want to get sacks.
I'm really blessed to have an amazing family.
I'm going to take full advantage of my opportunities.
I won the John Mackey Award, so I did something right.
I don't want to try to sell myself or portray something that I'm not.
I'm who I am. I'm confident. I think it's weird if you're not confident.
I've split out, played receiver, I've been a fullback, I've been in-line.
I think I just need more time to refine my skills, and I can be a dominant pass rusher.
I've done everything I can at the University of Washington... I know I'm ready for the NFL.
I'm me: I'm a fun, easy-going guy that likes to work hard, who's very driven and determined.
I want to be a dominant pass rusher. I think I can do that with my body type and my work ethic.
Someone has to be the villain. I'm the most villainized player right now. People don't like me.
Ever since I was growing up, I knew I was going to play in the NFL. I never thought anything else.
Playing on Saturdays, seeing 75,000 people yell your name, 88, ASJ, and all of that stuff is great.
I fail every once in a while, but failing is your first attempt at learning. I'm not worried about it.
I had to go to jail, which was probably the most humbling thing I've ever had to deal with in my life.
Being 300-some pounds is not always healthy. You can say what you want about it, I don't want to do it.
I think people make a really big deal that I'm this big character-issue guy, and I've got red flags. I'm not.
It's not about me. I think people are too caught up with what I'm doing. It's just numbers. I'm trying to win.
Quite frankly, I just want to be playing at the highest level of football. That's the most important thing to me.
I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.
I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.
I've played this game since I was in second grade, and there's nothing more important to me than playing football.
I don't pay attention to stats or anything like that. I just pay attention to how I play and the intensity that I play with.
I need to take care of my mom and making sure she's financially OK. She's done so much for me, it's the least thing I can do.
You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.
I kind of knew. I said, 'Yeah, I'm not going to be able to play in the NBA. That's just not going to happen. Let that dream go.'
People in Seattle and Tacoma know who I am as a person, and I don't think I am a character risk or have a character issue at all.
If someone has to be the villain, I'll be the villain. I have no problem with it. The movies still say, 'Starring... the villain.'
My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.
Every single day since Day 1, to Day 2, to Day 3, to Day 4, to Day 5, to Day 6, to Day 7 to Day 8, whatever day it is now, I've gotten better.
If you don't do it the way coaches ask you to do something, and someone else does it the way it's supposed to be done, that's just natural life.
I'm not trying to get in good graces of anybody. I just want to be myself and be the guy that helps out in the community, because that's who I am.
When you lose things like football, which is the game I love - and this is the most important thing in my life - it really puts everything in perspective.
Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.
You've got to invest your own time, invest your own resources into creating a better world, not only for yourself but for the people you surround yourself with.
The idea that I can provide for my mother and play at the highest level in the world for football and compete against the best guys in the world - it's a very exciting idea.
I don't care what the depth chart is. I don't care what I'm on. I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to seize every opportunity that I get, because that's the most important thing.
I'm a normal person. You say something about me, I'm going to say something back, funny or not. I'm just going to be me. It's nothing against them. I'm just doing what you do to me.
Once you get into the NFL, it doesn't matter what draft pick you are, what round you are, if you're undrafted or not. It's football time again. The draft, all of that doesn't matter anymore.
I don't really care where I go because wherever I go, they're going to get a very talented, driven guy that's going to get every inch of his potential out, max everything I have in my body out.
I love donating my time and serving other people. Just seeing the faces of people in need light up when they see you... There is no way I can put it into words. You feel like you did something right.
Being able to play basketball at a high level, adjusting to the ball in the air, quick feet, quick hands and all that stuff definitely translates to playing tight end in the National Football League.