Quotes from Julius Peppers

Talking to your parents is a great idea - if you have that relationship with them.

I was sad to leave Green Bay, and I don't think I would have left to go anywhere but home to Carolina.

Early in my career, I played with a guy in Mike Rucker who was a threat on the other side.

Sometimes you get looked at harder than other people. I can take the criticism and I can take the heat.

After considering the ways that I might be able to help young college students, I decided to continue my support of the Light on the Hill scholarship. I would like to endorse this particular fund and encourage other former UNC students who have found success to reach back and assist the efforts of current and future Tar Heels.

You have to be a smart player as well as a hard worker.

People change teams all the time. People might not go from Green Bay to Chicago or from Chicago to Green Bay all the time, but people change teams all the time.

I was lucky because growing up in tiny little Bailey, North Carolina, we had a satellite dish, so we got WGN. Which meant we got almost every Bulls game.

It's something I take a lot of pride in, that people compliment me and hold me in high regard.

I can assure everyone that there is no academic fraud as it relates to my college transcript. I took every course with qualified members of the UNC faculty and I earned every grade whether it was good or bad.

I wouldn't change a thing about this journey. It was the best teacher I've ever had and was everything I could've hoped for.

Tom Brady is a great player who can beat you.

I want to have an impact on the game. Instead of a sack, how about an interception for a touchdown? I could get 15 tackles. I'm just using those as examples, but any kind of impact would be fine, whether it's a sack or anything else.

The tough times never lasted and the tough people inspired me to be better and give more. I hope I did the same.

You can be an emotional, high-strung guy, and that might work for you. I think I can be reserved and quiet and play as well as the next guy.

To be honest with you, it really doesn't get me excited to see anybody get injured.

I think I was just born like that, a personality trait. I'm an observer.

I guess more than anything, Green Bay just felt like home. You know, small town, good people who love their football... it was a really great experience being a part of that culture.

I live on a small town on the lake, and I mean people would get on their jet skis and just post up in front of my crib, trying to see who was there in my house.

There's a lot of games played, a lot of snaps played over the long haul.

I love the game just as much as anybody else. But at the same time, I also understand that life is more than football, too. People might get that misconstrued sometimes, too, that I don't care because I'm not die-hard football, eat, sleep and drink it all day and all night.

As a pass-rusher, 100 sacks is a big milestone. My 100th sack was on Joe Webb.

Every game, well most of them, come down to turnovers and the turnover battle.

You know, I think sometimes certain players - and I don't name names - but certain players have a certain haircut, they have certain sack celebrations. They draw a lot of attention to themselves.