Quotes from Julian Edelman

Injuries are psychologically so hard for an athlete because you don't get to do what you love to do.

When you become a pa, you have different priorities now, and you're not living for yourself; you're living for someone else now.

As a punt returner in the NFL, I know all about teamwork, high-speeds, and collisions on Sundays.

I don't even enjoy football, at least professional football, anymore because I'm breaking the game down constantly. You're sitting there watching the plays, and you're talking mental reps on what would I have done here against this coverage or this leverage, this, that. It is what it is.

I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.

Psychologically, for an athlete to miss a game because of injury, it's tough.

It's cool to get to play with guys that you have friendships with.

I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day.

As a rookie, I had changed positions. In college, I was a quarterback, and I had never played other positions.

We never quit.

It's always nice to be on the practice field because, ultimately, practice is the most important thing other than the game because that's where you gain your confidence; that's where you get your fundamentals.

I wear a lot of sweatshirts and joggers in the winter and gym shorts and tees in the summer. I really appreciate something that is easy to slip on and chill out in.

If you put in the time, you'll see the rewards.

It's always a great thing getting to play in the last game of the year.

In college, I guess you could say I was a running back that threw.

I would say the greatest challenge, for me, had been my rookie year and learning my spot. It is an emotional battle, as you have good days and bad days. Being young and thrown into this big business is challenging.

Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball and block in the run game.

The No. 1 rule you're taught as a receiver: You've just got to watch the ball. You hear about the guy who was lucky. But the guy who was lucky got an opportunity, and he was prepared for it. Sometimes the ball falls your way, and, you know, we'll take it.

I have fun outside the game.

When you've got a leader that wants to go out and practice at the ultimate, highest level, when something that you should do doesn't go right, there's going to be a little fire under that, and that's what you need from your leader.

The Patriots do a great job of establishing a common rhetoric of working hard and working for the men that stand next to you on the field.

I try to live by the 80/20 rule - 80% clean, 20% cheat. During the week and while I train, I eat as clean as possible. But I always like myself a good cheat day, which includes a juicy burger.

It's been a privilege to get to watch one of sports greatest athletes prepare and get to play with him; honestly... it's a dream. I remember being in eighth grade saying, 'I'm Tom Brady,' on the asphalt at recess, you know, playing football.

Tom Brady is Tom Brady. He was a sixth-round draft pick. A lot of people passed up on him. He's a Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP. He's been in a bunch of Super Bowls, and he could care less about all of that. He just cares about winning the next game.