Quotes from Jason McCourty

As an older player, I really look forward to and love being able to mentor younger guys and be able to help them grow as well as going in there competing and trying to win games.

The reality is, player-fan interaction for the 2020 season is going to be very minimal. Something as simple as charity events guys do year-in-and-year out, probably won't be able to happen.

I'm all about the cold tub. I'm big on the ice bath, being able to soak in there and let your body heal.

We all want to do something special on the field. But at the same time, we have a responsibility to get to know each other and build on things that we can do in the community.

I think for us as people, when we can help someone with a blood transfusion, when we can help somebody with a monetary donation that can go towards research, to know that you can possibly save a life, it's huge.

You're always going to have somebody that's saying something about you in a negative form or fashion. I think for each and every individual you try to use that to push you, to motivate you whether it really meant something to you, whether it didn't.

That's kind of what motivated us our entire lives, to be able grow up and be able to give back and do things for my mother.

There's always something that's motivating you. There's doubt about something that's going on with you. Maybe it's not individually, maybe it's your position group, maybe it's your side of the ball. There's just always something that's going to push you.

As an athlete, as a person, you are looking for motivation wherever you can find it.

That's honestly one of the blessings of having a twin who shares your interests. You kind of get this mirror view of what you're capable of.

When you're twins, everyone's always looking for differences. The ones they see are usually wrong.

Brothers, inherently, are competitive, and twins take it to the next level.

Being twins, growing up extremely close like we did, the one thing that you kind of always wish the maximum amount of success for your brother.

Us being twins, growing up extremely close like we did, the one thing you kind of always wish is the maximum amount of success for your brother.

I think every step you take moving forward, and any type of success you have, you just want to cherish it for a second before you move on.

The reality of the matter is I'm blessed to be able to do what I can and to have this platform. For me, I'm going to try and do everything that I can to use that platform to help those who don't have the ability to spread their voice that people will hear them.

I think when you're younger in the game, you're like, 'Let me go bench. Let me go squat.' Now it's just like, 'Let me work on my balance.' It's about things that are more about injury prevention than getting stronger.

For every negative comment you see on social media based upon standing up for something, there's somebody from back home that's telling me, 'Hey, I'm proud of you, man. Continue to do what you're doing.' Of course, you don't do it for that, but sometimes it's tough, man.

In New England, winning isn't some bigger goal, it's part of a process. It's the expected result.

Nobody cares what anyone did last year, whether you were good, whether you were bad, everybody has ambitions and aspirations for this year. But it really doesn't matter until you go out there and prove it and you go out there and do it.

I think it's important, no matter your profession, to never become complacent and always strive for greatness.

Our father passed away when we were young so mom was the mom and the dad.

I didn't think I'd be playing football at 31 so it's a blessing just to be able to come out here and compete.

When you can attack legislation and get laws and the system changed, that's going to bring a real impact, but we can't expect that to happen overnight.