Jason Witten Quotes

Growing up, my favorite pass-rusher was Julius Peppers. He was just a beast.

I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.

I love getting after that quarterback! That's my deal: sacking the quarterback.

As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know he's going to be around the ball all the time.

Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green - these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

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

I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.

My goal is I want to create the 20-20-20 club: 20 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, 20 batted balls.

I want to get to the quarterback and stop the run.

I'm a guy who can play all three downs, and I excel in all areas of the game.

If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don't put hands on him, he's probably going to beat me on the route.

Defensive end is home for me.

I was always fast; I was always racing guys that were older than me and beating them, so I always had speed. I was able to make good cuts at a young age, on the side of the house with my dad, going through different plays, working on cuts and stuff like that.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

Charles Haley changed the way the Cowboys played football in the 90s. And the reason why I say that is because he was such a dominant force coming off the edge, where it took two and three to block him.

I even steal bases. I hear all the time that I'm slow, but hey, I have 66 stolen bases.

I can't remember what times I used to do in training because I always loved football and didn't have any interest in an athletics career. But I was always the quickest.

It is very hard to find a good defender who is strong and good with the ball. Very hard.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

You have to understand, it takes a lot of qualities to play linebacker - quickness, tackling ability and sheer force - so you just can't take someone from another position and think they could all of a sudden handle that role.

Donnie Thomas is simply a superlative linebacker with everything it takes to be an all-American.

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

I feel like I'm an inside guy, I feel like I'm a three-tech or nose tackle.

If I'm man-to-man with a linebacker, well, that's an automatic win because I can run by him. If I'm one-on-one against a corner, I'm gonna catch it all day, because I'm twice his size.