Quotes from Jason McCourty

Before you have kids you can't even fathom what it really is.

Corner is probably different from safeties and linebackers, but I think the important part is coming out each and every day competing, not only trying to get yourself better but also for us on defense pushing the offense as much as we possibly can so we can just improve totally as a team.

For me, when you're going in the late rounds you just always have that chip on your shoulder. At the end of the day, every team that didn't draft me - including the team that took me 203rd - everybody passed me a few times. And, for me, that kind of fueled me over the years.

I think for the rookies, stick to what you've been doing, stick to fundamentals.

Whether you're in year one or you're in year 12, every day you've got to show up with a willingness to compete and to prove that you belong there and a willingness to get better and listen to coaching.

I had older guys take me in under their wing, make me come get in the cold tub with them, make me stay after and watch film with them, of just continuing to try to push me, and talk to me all throughout practices and games, trying to get my technique right, my knowledge and all of that.

Devin's a drama queen.

Our careers are only but so many years, so when you have to wipe out an entire season basically because of injury it's kind of disappointing.

My two brothers and myself never had to look outside of our house in search of a hero. We got to witness one up close every day.

I'll never tell you I'm able to come to grips with 0-and-16.

Some people don't believe in cold. I've gotten so used to it that I love it... and doing those things to get my muscles to bounce back and recover have been very beneficial for the longevity of my career.

Me and Devin have never hid the fact that us playing together would be a dream come true. My mom kind of has hinted at that since we both got into the league. She knows it would be a lot easier only having to travel to one city during the season.

There's nothing like a shake-up when you are on the street just training and everybody in the league is with their team engaged in offseason workouts.

I got drafted by the Titans in the sixth round. So I got drafted, but not by much. There's nothing guaranteed for a sixth-round draft pick.

I think ultimately to be able help with the holidays for somebody who might be a little less fortunate I think is the main thing and the best part of all.

When I first came into the league, I was in Tennessee and I had guys like Courtland Finnegan, Chris Hope, Michael Griffin - a ton of guys that were willing to pour into me and help me figure out how to be a pro, whether it was the defense, whether it was life off the field.

As you get older in the league, being around younger guys who come in hungry and just flying around every day energizes the whole group. It gets you going. It gets you ready to practice.

That's the reason we play this game - to make it to the tournament, and to try to win games once you get in it.

Good players should be signed and in our league.

We all should realize the significance of a human life and how we all should be treated.

We know that we carry the sickle cell trait, and we know we want to have kids, we want to reproduce, and the partner that we find, those are the questions we have to ask.

Everyone always says, 'Oh Jason helped Devin so much.' I think they say that so I don't feel bad he was a first-round pick.

Honestly, I'm not a soccer fan. I'm not a golf fan.

People often speak about legacy. And when they mention our legacy, I sure hope they don't only mention football.