Aaron Donald Quotes

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

It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

Julius Peppers is a beast, man. I don't know how many pounds he outweighs me by... I still try to do things like him to make my game better.

When I do defensive work well it always helps my offensive game.

I'm watching a lot of film to see what I can do differently, to see how I can help when I get in the game.

My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.

I'm a great pass catcher. I'm excellent in pass protection, which is the most important thing. You can't play, you can't get on the field if you don't protect that franchise quarterback.

Everybody's fast and strong, but to go out there and throw pass-rush moves or be able to do something different on the run to get them off balance. Anybody can run into somebody, but if you can shake them a little bit at the line, that's what's helped me out as a player.

As far as I can judge, English football is not for everybody. You need to have the lungs for it, you need to have the strength for it.

I think you have to have a high football IQ. Obviously, you have to have the physical ability to run fast and get open. But you also have to have a high football IQ.

As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.

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

The film room teaches you how to do the job, how to study the game, how to teach the game from film. How to create an advantage for your team by knowing your opponent, and all their plays and tendencies. And there's no better guy in the world that I've been around than Jim O'Brien at breaking down film.

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls

When I started I had no knowledge of films whatsoever. I was an engineering major at Stanford. And I found out as a senior that they had two film critics on the Stanford Daily, and they got free passes to all the theaters in Palo Alto. So I thought, I'll do that, and I became a film critic. And then I became interested in films. But I had no time to study anything in that area because I was a senior, just finishing up as engineering.

I feel like I have everything else as far as being creative and athletic. But it's the little things that's going to push me over, like ball-handling, passing, boxing out when I'm setting screens. Little things like that that you would overlook that can make me a complete player.

It's really hard to perfect one aspect of your kicking game when you're spending some of your time kicking with a holder, some of your time kicking off a tee, and some of your time drop-kicking the ball. To be able to concentrate just on my punting responsibilities will do wonders for me.

Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.

Yordi circumnavigated Ledley King there.

There are some things Ronaldo can do with a football that make me touch my head and wonder how on earth he did it.

Thierry is the best striker in the world. By far he's the best in the world. Thierry doesn't just score goals. Even when he's not having a good day he can make an important pass. He is a strong character. If things go wrong, he bounces straight back. His effect on the club is very big.