I know what it takes to get to the Super Bowl, what Giants pride and that defense is really about.
— Jason Pierre-Paul
I'm just god-gifted: I have a talent. Even when I played basketball, no one ever taught me the game. I just played it. And with football, I just converted basketball to football and just played.
Anybody can be rattled. Tom Brady is a great quarterback, but at the end of the day, he is just a quarterback. It's not like he is God.
When other teams fear you, that's a big difference.
I lead by example. Everybody sees it.
The less thinking you do, the better you play.
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. That's why I play. If I made it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
You put in the work, you should get to the playoffs.
I'm not worried about sacks in the preseason.
The coaches can't be out there to tackle for us; we have to do that, like I say, starting with myself.
I was a basketball player. And my mother even wanted me to quit because I hurt my leg. But I didn't know anything about football - from Pee-Wee on up, my friends would play, and I would never go with them.
We need everybody to contribute as one and do what we've got to do to win. Football is not an individual game. In basketball, LeBron James can take over a game by himself.
Each year is a year for you to get better, so that's what I'm trying to do.
I can do better, and if that's consistently training even harder, then I'm going to do that.
Your job is never secure as a football player - or coach.
A good season for me is going to the playoffs and making a run for the Super Bowl and having a good record.
I can't play 'Madden' without an index finger!
If I'm not capable of doing it, I won't do it. But you're going to get 120 percent of me every time I'm on the field.
You never can stop learning.
I'd love to be a Giant for the rest of my career.
I think like that all the time: nobody can block me, nobody can stop me, nobody can play the run the way I can. You've got to think like that all the time.
If I'm tired, I'm coming out. I won't do that to my teammates and stay on the field when I know I'm not going to be able to do it.
I teach some of the guys stuff that I've learned.
There's not really a guy like me out here doing it with 7 1/2 fingers - still.
Hard work beats talent, and I live by that.
That's the whole part of playing football and having training camp. Coming in and recognizing how players play.
I feel like I'm just going to go full speed and tackle. If that means there is friendly fire on my guy, then that's what I gotta do. I try not to do that because I know I'll lay a big hit on them, but if that's what I gotta do, that's what I'll do just to make sure that tackle gets made.
I didn't think of football growing up. This wasn't my career, something I chose. It was something I was picked in.
To play this game, you've got to have heart, and a lot of guys don't have it. I can sit here and say we all do, but we all don't.
Being injured, nobody wants to be injured.
Whatever I can do to help me be a better player, I'll do it.
Every year you've got somebody coming in and trying to kick you off, so you have to prove yourself. Even for the coaches, too. Their jobs are always on the line.
You can't predict injuries. That's one thing you can't do.
I've been through worst, seen worst.
I'm a great player; I'm one of the best defensive ends in the league, and I honestly think that.
Anytime you have an injury, you're going to be iffy about stuff.
I think I am worth a lot of money.
It's not about an individual. If I have a tip or a reminder for one of my teammates, I'll help him out by doing that.
Me, personally, I'm going to be out there running full speed and chasing down running backs and chasing down quarterbacks. That's what I do best.
New York is the biggest city, biggest fan base, and they don't sugarcoat nothing around here.
If I ever catch a ball, I'm going to the end zone.
You get older, you can't stay the same. You can't eat the same. You have to change things to get better.
There is a certain way that I play. You just have to have a feel for it. That's something you have to feel as a football player.
You just gotta do it, man. You can't count on the guy making the tackle in front of you.
Honestly, it is not all about attitude; it is all about heart. You can have the attitude, you can have the swagger, you can talk your way, but it is all about heart.
You've just got to have it, man. Like, in this game of football, you can tell when you look at film who's more passionate about the game.
The only thing that can stop me from being me is me.
Talk is cheap; play the game.
Every year, jobs are on the line.
I'm a vet. I know the game and know how to play the game.
