Tyrann Mathieu

I want to be present for my kids, and my biological father wasn't present for me.

Ultimately you play the game to be the champion, to be remembered.

I didn't really like playing free safety. I didn't like being in the middle of the field.

Going to school is cool, being accountable is cool, being responsible is cool. Those things are the cool things to do.

I want to… help the young guys, help my teammates, help everybody be confident and make everybody feel like they're special."

I like Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.

I'm surrounding myself with people who want to do what I want to do, which is be a football player.

I never want people to think I'm not playing my hardest or I'm not giving it my all.

I take great pride in being who I am. Whether I'm broken or not, I am who I am.

My adopted parents were able to pay for me to go to a private school. So I had it better than most people.

I'd rather be a shooting star than a fading star.

I was a rock star. I was the president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.