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" I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'd play one year in the NFL, and now I'm going on my 17th year. "

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" I started wearing Ugg when I was, like, 13 or 14, in high school, and my mom got me a pair for Christmas one year. "

" My wife doesn't let anyone wear shoes in our house, so we have a bench, and under the bench is all UGGs slippers. "

" I could talk food all day. I love good food. "

" I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them. "

" I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There's a tangible score. "

" Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know. "

" Every action has a consequence. It may be good for strengthening. And I have no doubt that lifting a lot of weights can get you stronger. I just don't know if lifting stronger weights can keep you healthy, or it can keep you doing your job better, especially for a pro athlete. "

" As a part of the NFL, things change every year. "

" I would love to encourage all my teammates to eat the best way they possibly can. High school athletes. Now, that's not the way our food system in America is set up. It's very different. They have a food pyramid, and I disagree with that. I disagree with a lot of things that people tell you to do. "

" So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they mess with me, and I'll say, 'That's right, keep the same haircut for ten years.' How fun is that? "

" I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game. "

" Sleep is all about recovering. So if you're not sleeping, you're not recovering. And if you're going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I'm up at 5:30 the next day. "

" I've had a lot of ridiculous haircuts. "

" I always try to do as much as I can do. I'm never a person that does not enough, because I'd regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn't work. "

" I'd be so bored if I wasn't going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I'm going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time. "

" I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win. "

" Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day. "

" My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan. "

" It's a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times. "

" I really focus on my jeans and sweaters for them to fit really well. There was a time that wasn't the case. "

" I don't think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me. "

" I've been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I've played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been. "

" You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame... those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I'd love to play like those guys, but there's still a long way to go and a lot of growing. "

" I think style is being so comfortable and confident in what you're wearing. That's what style is, 'cause everybody's got different style. "

" I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast. "

" You never get over losses. I've never gotten over one loss I've had in my career. They always stick with me. "

" It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system. "

" I think a lot of things that are the norm, that are very systematic, don't work. "