My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.

If your program has a great leader, you'll get great things. If you don't have a great leader and people aren't on the same page, you have a lot of different people doing a lot of different things. That's where trouble starts.

My days are so busy with school and football, it's not often that I get out, anyway. But when I do, I like to meet people.

I'm not saying [racial profiling] doesn't happen; I'm saying I haven't experienced it.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today. The way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

If I'm fortunate enough to play in the NFL, anywhere for anybody would be great. But if I had to pick, it would be the hometown [Atlanta] Falcons because I used to work for them.

As far as all players [being unfairly connected], people have their own opinions, and they're usually from the outside looking in. I don't listen to someone who is on the outside of what we're dealing with every day on the inside.