The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.

I'm always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college quarterback.

My job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I'm not going to campaign. I'm just going to go out and show what I've got.

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.

Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special.

I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful.

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.