JULIUS PEPPERS

If my play is not to run and chase the ball, if my play is to stay backside, then I've got to stay backside. I've got to be disciplined. I can't run across the field and chase stuff that's not mine.

I just live day to day, in the present. And I try to just be that best version of myself every day - I don't look too far behind, I don't look too far forward.

If you're playing 55 to 60 snaps, you have opportunities to pace yourself, pick spots. When you're not playing as many and you don't know necessarily when you're going to be in, you do have to sometimes make it happen when you're out there.

How can you say you want to be somewhere when you're not really sure if they want you there because they're not even talking to you?

That's my thing. Pass rusher, yeah, you can call me a pass rusher.

I didn't know I was different athletically for a long time. I thought everyone did the sort of things that I can do.

I want to get as good as I can possibly be.

As long as my body will allow me to play I'm going to continue to play.

I was so sheltered as a kid that when I went to college, it was like taking the chains off. That's where the trouble came from. It was the first time for me being by myself, and I got into everything you could think of.

I can honestly say I want to be one of the best to ever play the game.

There's a lot of games played, a lot of snaps played over the long haul.

You need a certain type of balance in life and I know where to put football in its proper place. But my love for the game, I have it just like everybody else. If you don't, you're going to get yourself hurt out there.

As a pass-rusher, 100 sacks is a big milestone. My 100th sack was on Joe Webb.

Early in my career, I played with a guy in Mike Rucker who was a threat on the other side.

Tom Brady is a great player who can beat you.

Each season and each team is different. It takes on a different personality every year.

When you get to the big games you never know when you are going to be back so you've got to try as best as you can to take advantage of those opportunities.

In Charlotte, it was all about the Panthers.

I guess more than anything, Green Bay just felt like home. You know, small town, good people who love their football... it was a really great experience being a part of that culture.

I want to have an impact on the game. Instead of a sack, how about an interception for a touchdown? I could get 15 tackles. I'm just using those as examples, but any kind of impact would be fine, whether it's a sack or anything else.

Finding real friends - that's something that was an obstacle for me. And learning how to deal with my problems and talking about them.

My approach is going to be all about winning games. All the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.

Truth be told, that's really one of the small reasons that I wanted to get out; because everybody knows your business in Charlotte.

The tough times never lasted and the tough people inspired me to be better and give more. I hope I did the same.

I live on a small town on the lake, and I mean people would get on their jet skis and just post up in front of my crib, trying to see who was there in my house.