SAM DARNOLD

I love comedy, and I love listening to comedians talk.

Coach Gase has done amazing things, not with just quarterbacks but offenses in general.

Turning the ball over is something you don't want to do as a quarterback.

I want to go to the 9/11 Memorial. I heard that's amazing and crazy to look at, an amazing museum. So I haven't done that. I'd like to do that.

I'm a very competitive person, but at the same time, as a quarterback, you gotta be poised; you gotta be very poised and patient. I'm pretty loose and relaxed, but I'm also very competitive.

I think the number one job as a quarterback is protecting the football.

Eating right is key. Every athlete is going to train hard and lift hard and all that, so what you eat can be the difference when you want to separate yourself. As an athlete, it's really important to put healthy foods in your body.

Pizza and burgers are really different. It depends on my mood. Right now, I could go for both. I don't want to pick one. I don't think it would be fair to the burger or to the pizza.

Whenever you put so much time and effort into one single game, and you go out there and lose, it sucks.

The goal every season is to win a Super Bowl.

We haven't won a Super Bowl in, I think, 50 years, so the Jets fans who are out there are die-hard Jets fans. It's like generational fandom.

It's really important as a quarterback to have stability in all your joints but especially in the lower body, like the ankles, knees, and hips.

I got a chance to meet and hang out with Sam Hunt. He's actually a pretty cool dude.

I think a lot of people that don't know me would say that I lead by example, which I feel like I do. But at the same time, I'm someone who's always been very up-front with people. I'm gonna get straight to the point.

I think every kid who wants to play in the NFL has a dream of hoisting that Lombardi. It's what we all strive for, and it's the end goal for every team.

For me, on social media, I try as hard as I can to be myself.

I find joy in watching my teammates celebrate and do what they do. Whenever I throw them the ball, I love watching my teammates celebrate.

You never plan on losing double-digit games in a season. You don't plan on losing any.

I like squats because they help build that foundation of strength. I do tons of single-leg moves for strength and balance because they let you test your strength in one leg at a time. But even on my leg days, I make sure to fit in some core work.

I definitely take notes, but I feel like sometimes if I take too many notes, it kind of bogs down my mind a little bit. So, I just write down stuff that I need to remember for the game.

For us, it's about winning. How do you do that? You score more points than the other team.

A lot of kids, especially football players, had been using Twitter for recruiting.

When I run, I really need to make sure I'm engaging my core and understanding where my power comes from.

For me, and I said this even before the draft, I think being with the same team for my whole career would be something that would be very special to me because, especially at the quarterback position, that means that we won a lot of games, hopefully Super Bowls, 'cause that's the end goal.

In high school, getting recruited, usually guys have Twitters and Instagrams so that they can talk to coaches. I didn't have Twitter. All I had was Instagram. So someone created a fake Twitter account about me, and it was the most ridiculous stuff that you could ever think about.