Quotes from Greg Olsen

I never want to see active or retired players ever struggle. The basic human being in me wants to see guys leave the game as healthy as possible.

I could turn Russell Westbrook into an All-Pro free safety.

In the football world, we throw around words like 'sacrifice,' 'hard work' and 'hero.'

We don't live our life on panic.

Obviously, you're always shocked when you feel like you're not wanted anymore.

I'm not usually a beard guy.

I'm very confident on where I stand in the league and where I belong.

We've learned a lot about ourselves as a family about perseverance and continuing to be mentally strong and continue to take the good with the bad and wake up the next day and do it all over again.

I think you don't take things for granted. You don't think you're going to just show up, because you've won in the past, thinking that all of a sudden that means that it's going to happen again.

The reality of going to the Super Bowl was beyond words, as was the disappointment of falling short.

My body type and physique has allowed me to be pretty dynamic and allowed me to do multiple things, both in the run game and the pass game.

I probably have the longest pre-game warm-up in the NFL - it's actually gotten longer over the years.

I want the Carolina Panthers to be successful.

The city of Charlotte has become our family and this forever will be home.

Since we've come to Charlotte, we very quickly realized that this is home. This community quickly embraced our family, so we put down roots here. We love it here. This is home for us.

When I was a junior in high school, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. To see her struggle and go through chemo, radiation and surgery, and all those things made a huge impact on us as a family.

You've got to sustain drives in this league.

Don't dive into the weeds of mock drafts and rumors, because that's all that they are. They're just rumors.

Guys every year across the league look for new contracts. That's just the business in the NFL.

I take a lot of pride in playing every week, practicing every day because I believe that's the only way you can continue to get better.

I had the opportunity to go up to New York and be on the 'Inside Amy Schumer' show with Michael Strahan and Vernon Davis and those guys. That was an opportunity that presented itself, and it was something different and fun. I had a great time. Those guys are really good dudes, and she's obviously incredibly talented.

I think you get a lot of life experiences and they all get dumped in a locker room and they say 'Hey, spend 10 months a year with each other.' That's a great example that just because you have different backgrounds and you may be staunchly on the other side on different issues, it doesn't mean that you can't cohabitate.

For as much fun as I have out there with my teammates, nothing will ever compare to the joy I get from running around and laughing with my kids.

That's not my position to compare myself to other guys. I look at it as can I be productive, can I get the job done?