Football is a violent sport. Somebody's going to get hurt. It's the game. Just hopefully, you're on the good side of it.

I don't think one moment in somebody's life is going to define them.

You learn from your mistakes, or you go backward. I'm the kind of person who wants to move forward.

I think it's very, very tough to compare postseason and in-season, just for the simple fact that there's the heightened levels of energy on both sides of the ball.

I guess I'm a fun-loving teddy bear. I've got two sides to me. Obviously, there's the football side that a lot of people see - the mean, ferocious, coming-after-the-quarterback guy. But off the field, I'm a calm, cool, collected guy.

My job is to defeat the guy in front of me, do it until he quits, and then wait for them to send in the next guy.

Coach Bo Pelini and coach Carl Pelini are two coaches I talk to on a regular basis, especially coach Bo. They are coaches I feel elevated my game.