The 25-year-old me would tell the 32-year-old me to take the two rings and go start the next chapter in life, but it's never simple when you still have gas left in the tank.

I'm a big guy and I can't have any tiny tattoos.

Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they're thinking, 'Well, you're doing it for publicity,' or whatever.

The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.

I like that outlaw crossover rock 'n' roll-country sound.

I think a lot of winning a Super Bowl is being at the right place at the right time. It's sacrifice, it's making team plays and being an impactful player is part of it.

Continuity is one of the hardest things to come by in the NFL.

Robert Quinn. He's ridiculous. He can do anything a DB can do... at three hundred pounds!

In my training in the summer, back in the day, I used just go, go, go! I wouldn't take any days off, I would do whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted of it.

I'm not somebody that's been a natural at anything.

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

I've been through nine camps, and they're all a little bit different, but at the end of the day, it's just football.

Actually, I wanted to play baseball. Honestly, I just think with a kid developing, playing a lot of sports, it's just kind of whatever you're good at.

The lead initiative of my foundation is clean water, but not far behind it is military appreciation.

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

At the end of the day, Coach Belichick does a great job of bringing in people he knows that will fit well.

I am honored to be named the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and to join the long line of men who have received this prestigious honor.

My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.

At 33 years old, I think any player my age should take time to take inventory and see what their situation is and see how the body feels.

I just like playing ball.

This is not supposed to be a fascist country, where you are forced to do things you don't want to do. This is a free country.

Some people are tired of hearing me tweet because they want me to stick to football but I like to use social media like I was a regular guy because I think I am.

You may doubt the significance of your work, but work faithfully anyways.

Everyone fears change. But what you'll find is that change breeds your most important accomplishments.

You'll learn that the most worthwhile exercises are preceded by this very human phenomenon, fear. Marriage, parenthood, relationships.

Before I was a champion, I failed, and I was afraid.

I never mean to make a headline where it's like, 'Chris Long unsure.' I never try to make it sound like I'm under the impression it matters either way if I play or anybody cares.

I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.

Playing eight years, never making the playoffs, you feel like you're running on a treadmill that's going nowhere. You're like, 'Is this it? Is this all football is?'

If I never got cut, I wouldn't have the Super Bowl ring.

Football, for me, wasn't a foregone conclusion. My parents didn't force me into it, and quite the opposite happened.

It wasn't like I loved football from 12 on. It took time.

I was a Panthers fan growing up, being close to Carolina.

One thing I take pride in is that I never cracked and stopped playing hard. There's something to be said for that, because life doesn't always throw the best situations at you.

There are always more people to prove wrong.

Even when I was being recruited here to the University of Virginia, a lot of people in my own community didn't think I was Division I football material because I played at a small private school.

I like having my dad around.

I'm very proud of my dad. To me, there are comparisons, but there aren't comparisons. We kind of play two different positions. He's a Hall of Famer, I'm not a Hall of Famer.

I've noticed that right tackles have gotten better in pass pro throughout my career.

There's no secret about it: Every team does things differently. Seattle runs their program one way. New England runs it another way. Philly runs it another way.

I don't know that I've gotten to the point where people know me more than my dad or that I ever will or even want to get to that point.

Baseball was always my favorite sport, and I thought it would be the sport I'd pursue for the long term. But I guess about my sophomore year in high school, I started really getting into football, and then it just took off from there.

The great thing is my dad was OK with whatever I wanted to do. He always supported me, and once I showed I was serious about football, that's when he really started to get involved and give me pointers.

If teams focus on me, that will allow my teammates to make plays.

My dad and I shared a lot of football memories.

I've dealt every day of my life with my dad's career, the comparisons to him, with people wanting me to live up to him. I just put that stuff out of my head, I don't even hear it after awhile - I just turn my ears off.

I'm a worker. I'm a grinder.

I think that's just the way football is supposed to be played, at a high speed.

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

I do respect a man who doesn't settle.