Quotes from Aaron Donald

The word thank you ain't enough. You've got to show it, so just go out there and play at a higher level, and instead of saying thank you, show it.

A lot of my success, and a lot of who I am now, is because of my dad, and the way he raised me and taught me how to have a work ethic.

You never know what can happen.

It's always good to show that what you're doing is who you are, what you see on film in the regular season is what you're seeing at the Senior Bowl.

Leaving a legacy behind is huge.

Once you start worrying about things, you get down about yourself, whatever it may be.

I'm always going to be my worst critic.

It's definitely tough on the pass rushers when they say you're taking a quarterback down and you fall on top of them and it's roughing the passer. Ain't really much you can say, it's just tough.

I love football, but being away from it is tough.

I don't care if it was 2 o'clock in the morning after a night game. I had to break down the film by myself before I watched it with the team. I wanted to see everything I did wrong and did right or I wouldn't be able to sleep.

Yeah, I think about the Hall of Fame.

I feel I can rush the passer well. I feel like I can play the run even better than what I did starting off to when I got in my senior year as far as making plays in the backfield and just being able to break down film a lot better.

My senior year I felt I put a lot more time into the offseason to make a lot more happen. Going out my senior year, I felt like I did everything I wanted to do and more. I felt like I dominated and I feel comfortable going to the next level and that I'm ready.

I always tell my dad he was training me to be a pro before he even knew it.

Anytime you're rewarded for the success you have, you're going to be happy because you put the body of work in. A lot of hard work. A lot of training. A lot of things you do behind the scenes.

Like I always say, man, anytime you got playmakers around you it makes your job easier.

It's not that hard to be good, you can be good off raw talent. But I feel like it's that extra step, doing work and putting a body of work in and doing things when nobody else is watching. When nobody else is telling you to do it, you're pushing yourself to do it.

As long as somebody is making sacks, I'm happy.

When I'm retired someday, when I'm done playing football, that's when I'll be relaxing and look back at some things.

I want to be great, I want to be mentioned with the best to ever play the game.

There's always room for improvement. That's my mindset.

It's the same thing I have been doing since I was 5, playing the game of football. Going out there when my number is called and trying to make plays.

After games, you think about the play you missed.

People are going to doubt Aaron Donald and they're going to like Aaron Donald. But at the end of the day, my job is to make plays and let them speak for me.