Quotes from Travis Kelce

Gronk's going to run around there like a Clydesdale, run through everything, like a big boulder. I'm more a guy who can make people miss, break somebody down with a juke move or slide off tackles. Gronk can just break everything.

I couldn't have a better resource than my brother. He's one of the smartest guys you'll have a conversation with. He knows so much about so many different things.

My entire career, you can't say Travis Kelce without Alex Smith. He's been my quarterback, he's been the guy. I owe a lot of my success to him.

I grew up in the '90s loving the basketball sneakers, and that's where fashion really started for me.

I'm a Kansas City citizen; I'm around all the time.

Helping out Kansas City is just fun, you know?

The biggest thing in terms of route running for me is knowing what the defense is in, knowing the coverage. Once you know the coverage, now you can start manipulating the defense. You can start to kind of trick them in where you're going to go and where you want to get open.

I started playing this game in the backyard, I started playing this game in middle school and going to go practice without any fans, without any sounds.

When you see me dancing in the end zone... that's Cleveland Heights.

You don't really see tight ends out here doing dances in the end zone. But if you see me at night out on the town, I'm having a good time - I'm always dancing. It started in the backyard, not to necessarily showboat - but to be a showman. It's part of how we grew up, how we played the game, and now that I'm in the NFL, why not break it out?

It has started becoming a deal that wherever I go, people just want to see me dance. I try and keep it for the end zone, but sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do.

I enjoy making people laugh. If I can put a smile on someone's face if I do a dance in the end zone, why not?

Whenever I get the ball in my hands, I just try to get the thing as north as possible and get in the end zone.

Whenever you catch a ball, just see it all the way into the tuck.

I enjoy being the one on TV. I enjoy being the show.

When I look in my father's eyes, man, I know that I made him proud. As a son, with a father that loves him and believes in him so much, that's the world. It really is.

I had an opportunity to meet Kobe and he's just an unbelievable person.

Just about everybody in the world thinks the world of George Kittle. He's an unbelievable person with an unbelievable amount of energy. How he plays the game with the tenacity is one of a kind.

The biggest leap between the NFL and college football is the speed. That's something you hear often. But I think there's more to it than just the speed of the players - there's also the speed with which you have to process information around you.

I'll tell you what, I've never seen any football player more uncomfortable in a situation of having to make a one-on-one move on somebody than Patrick Mahomes in space.

A pain plan is something that's very understood between you and your healthcare provider.

As soon as you get complacent with where you are in a game, that's where you come and then it bites you in the rear. So you just want to make sure that you're keeping that energy high, when guys are making plays you're getting excited for them and you're staying locked in through all 60 minutes of the game.

All I can ask for is the opportunity to go out there and beat a man one on one. If you win your one-on-one matchups in this league, you're going to have a lot of success.

I'm a firm believer that individual accolades are a bit overrated in this game.