Quotes from Peyton Hillis

I didn't run the ball very much in college. I sat out most of the time and played a little slot receiver, a little tight end, a little fullback but that's pretty much about it.

I'm a truly happy person.

Not only do you have 16 regular-season games, you also have four preseason games. Then if you make the playoffs, you can have four more games before you get to the Super Bowl. So you can already have 24 games without the 18-game season. And 24 games takes a real toll on somebody's body.

QB's have it good. They don't take any hits. They have the most pay. The most glamour.

It's really sad how many people believe in curses.

You never can stay enough humbled.

It's very humbling to move around from team to team. It shows how fast you can be out of the loop.

You can love something too much, you can spend too much time with something - that's when you've got to learn how to balance.

Some people spend too much time with their job, not enough with their family. You've got to balance things out.

There is a lot to do in Cleveland. It's just those December, January, February months that are tough. But there is a lot to do there.

I'm doing yoga, MMA and things like that. I'm an unorthodox player, so I have to do things that fit my kind of game.

There are a lot of athletic trends that I don't have. I feel like I have a bigger heart and desire than most people do.

My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.

Everybody's going to play in tough-weather games - snow, rain, sleet - but you've got to hold onto the football.

I believe that the Lord is going to take care of me. I know His will is the only way that can judge me or put me in my place.

I'll carry a ball around with me all day and ask people to try to knock it out of my hand when I least expect it. I'll give them some money and stuff, so people get pretty geeked up about that. It just helps me to take care of the ball without even thinking about it.

Everybody's going to have troubles and problems.

I guess when you get paid over 100 million dollars by one team, it's kind of easy to point the finger at other guys and try to hate on them for trying to get another contract.

I pretty much keep my mouth quiet and go about my business.

This is football; everyone gets hurt. If you run the ball 40 times a game, you're going to get banged around and get nicks and bruises here and there, but I don't pay too much attention to that.

I like to look at it as things and people and whole society in general being uneducated about facts. There are a lot of stereotypes. But I don't see color, I don't see race.

Whatever it takes to get on the field and get that starting spot to get the carries. I've always worked hard.

I like the Albino Rhino. That was kind of cool. Of all the other nicknames people give out, I thought it was really unique.

I always find competition in each and every thing I do, and it will bring competition - no doubt about it.