Quotes from Saquon Barkley

My dad is a fan of football, too, and did a good job of making me understand the history of football.

If the run game's not working, you'll most likely succeed in the pass game, and even if there's a game where the run game and the pass game's not working, you've got to find a way to continue to win. You can't get too caught up in one play. You can't get too caught up one quarter or one drive.

Andrew Luck is a great quarterback.

I think, personally, I learn really quick.

I'm a New York Giant, playing football. I've been wanting to do this since I was a little kid, to play in the NFL.

Nothing is given to you. Everything is earned. You have to have that mindset that you have to work every single day. Learn every single day.

I honestly think Derek Jeter could run for mayor in New York, and if not win, get really close, just the way he handled himself.

I'm not all about winning rushing titles, or 'Me, Me, Me,' but I do believe that I want to be a great player in this league, and I want to go down as one of the best to play in this league, and that's something you got to do.

Sometimes you just got to settle back and relax and be like, 'All right, Saquon, chill. You know what you're doing. Just do the little stuff.' The little stuff will get you there.

I'm honored to be compared to some great running backs, but I try to block that out and be myself.

When I look at the great athletes, I think of the Kobes and the LeBrons and the Tom Bradys of the world, obviously they take rests and recover, but they also continue to work, too. Working out and keeping up with that, with your conditioning, is another part of health and keeping your longevity throughout the years.

I'm very confident in myself, and sometimes that hurts me.

I'm big on watching film, and sometimes it hurts myself because I over-calculate things, or I overthink sometimes.

Sometimes you watch yourself, and you think, 'Oh, wow.'

There will be plays where you've got to just lower your shoulder and get 1 yard.

I hope to make an impact not only on the field, in the community, in the locker room. But on the field, catching the ball, returns, running the ball, getting the tough gritty yards, being able to make those special plays and being a great teammate, that's what I hope to have.

Curtis Martin is as humble as heck. He's one of the greatest running backs to ever play - over 14,000 career rushing yards - and a lot of people don't speak about that.

I'm not a numbers type of guy who says I need this many yards, this many touchdowns.

Getting 1,000 yards in the NFL is an amazing accomplishment, and being the first rookie ever for the Giants to do that is even a bigger one. It's big because even though my name might go in the record book, it's not just myself - it's the offensive line play and the guys in the running back room, all those guys have been a tremendous help.

I have to believe in myself, set goals for myself, set expectations for myself, and continue to work for those goals every single day.

My goal is to attack every single day and get better every single day. The rest of the stuff will take care of itself.

No matter what, you got to come in, and you got to continue to work, continue to have that mindset to get better every single day.

You come out every single day, and you want to be perfect. When I mean 'perfect,' not mean a 'perfect player,' but you want to try to go through practice without drops.

My family has been through so much and made so many sacrifices for my brothers and sisters.