Aaron Donald

The big-time player makes big-time plays in big-time games and that's what we need to keep doing. ”

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you're going to be pumped up about that. ”

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

Leaving a legacy behind is huge. ”

If anything, it just motivates me to work a little harder. Anytime your organization invests a big amount of money like that into you, you want to do everything and more to thank them. ”

Anytime you're rewarded for the success you have, you're going to be happy because you put the body of work in. A lot of hard work. A lot of training. A lot of things you do behind the scenes. ”

Obviously you've got God-given talent to do things that a lot of people can't do but I actually put the body of work in to get stronger, get faster, trying to work on my technique, trying to do little things that people usually don't do, just trying to improve my game. ”

It's not that hard to be good, you can be good off raw talent. But I feel like it's that extra step, doing work and putting a body of work in and doing things when nobody else is watching. When nobody else is telling you to do it, you're pushing yourself to do it. ”

Anytime you get rewarded for all the work you put into this game, you're going to be happy about it. ”

It's what you work for and grind for. Just to get out there and play the game and try to help your team to win. And in doing that, you just help yourself. ”