If you can't beat them (Packers), You might as well join them

I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.

As a kid, I never thought I saw myself as unusual. I always thought that lots of people could do what I did. More and more I realized I was wrong.

I want to be my own player. I want to be Julius Peppers. I don't want to be the next Lawrence Taylor. I don't want to have to live with his legacy.

Once I really maximize my potential-I don't know when that'll be, a year from now, three or four years from now-I think I can be one of the great ones.

I want to maximize my potential as a player. I want to be as good as I could possibly be. And if I do that, I think I could be one of the best players out there.

I've wanted to hit Jay Cutler so hard for so long that this move just makes sense.