Quotes from J. J. Watt

I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.

I'm always trying to learn and grow, so my diet has, over the years, evolved.

There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?

I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.

I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

If you're going to nap, make sure you have a proper chunk of time blocked out. I'm not one of these guys that does the 15-20 minute nap. I don't play those games. I'm, like, an hour minimum. I'm not gonna lay down unless I know I have at least an hour.

I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that's part of football. That's like a firefighter knowing he is going to go into a fire at some point. You know you are going to be put in danger's way, and you accept that risk, and you do it.

My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.

When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.

The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?

Success isn't owned. It's leased and rent is due every day.

People like to see a guy being built up; they like to see a guy go from the bottom to the top, but then once you're on the top for a little bit, people wait to see you fail, and they want you to fail, so they find flaws and they find reasons, whether it's being too nice or trying to make you out to be fake - that's what they do.

I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.

When you're in the National Football League, and you get this window where all eyes are on you, you can use that. You can use that platform for good.

The one thing I know is, if I play good ball, things have tended to come along with it. Everything that I've ever done in my career has come off of playing good football. And so I realize I need to go out there, and I need to take care of my business; then everything else - all these cool, great things - come along with it.

I'm a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.

In Wisconsin, style-wise, it was all about bundling up, maybe wearing a hat and forgetting about your hair.

I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.

I definitely care about what I look like, certainly when I am going out in public, doing an appearance or something, but when I'm home, I'm all sweatpants, all the time.

I'm a little more goofy than I think people give me credit for. I like to have fun. I like to have a good time. People don't always get to see that.

I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.

I want to go out and chase greatness. That's all I want to do.

My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.