Quotes from Myles Garrett

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.

Just to see how much time is consumed looking down at your phone when you could be reading, becoming better at your own language, or learning a new language - you could be doing so many productive things. You could becoming a better student-athlete.

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.

If I can get some time off and still be productive and go 85-90 percent of the plays, that's fine with me.

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.

I grew up loving dinosaurs, digging up things.

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

I go back to, like, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Elvis. I listen to everything.

Whoever picks me up, I'm going to try and play my best for, to be the best player on the field at any given time.

I have to live up to my expectations - which is to break all the records that I can, dominate by a wide margin.

My goal is to be the best player on the field every down and every game. If I achieve that, then I will achieve any goal I set forth.

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.

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 feel like everybody's on the same level. Nobody's done anything more important than any other. People have gifts in other areas. You weren't blessed with them; they were blessed with them.

I can give it my all and make plays and dominate my side of the field, but it takes all 11 guys with a certain thought process that we're going to go out there, and we're going to win.

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

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.'

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.

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.

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 can never get tired of helping people.

I want to go around the world just helping people.

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

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