MYLES GARRETT

When I'm sitting in my hotel room, I'm reading. If I've got some time after class, I'm reading. If I can get away with it while I'm doing treatment, I'm reading.

Don't let anyone be close to how good you are, no matter what the division is - one, two or three. It doesn't matter, everyone plays football. It doesn't matter who the competition is.

I can always do better. I can always find a way to make more plays and be more effective.

I think everybody enjoys a little bit of Drake.

I'm going to stay respectful. The team comes first. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize them or myself, so I'll just make sure I speak lightly and carry a big stick.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

I like to go and take pictures.

I'm just a person that played a game in the spotlight.

Some athletes take what we have for granted. They kind of feel, 'I'm here, and I earned this, so people who are not on this level should just give me what I want and move out the way.'

You have to know what you're doing to help people and have an important stance in life. You can only do that by staying focused, and I can't lose focus for a second.

I think I was born in the right era. But I missed out on some great music.

I'm too competitive to try and ride on somebody's coattails to get a W.

You have to have some fun playing this game.

I didn't have a cell phone for awhile, until I was, like, 13 or 14, and before then, even if I did have one, it didn't work.

I can't go out there and be gassed and trying to go out there and make a play just for individual stats. Got to do the best thing for the team, which is to put myself out there when it's most productive for us.

I won't take bullcrap from anybody.

I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house.

You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.

Nobody is 100 percent every play, you know - eight, nine plays down the drive. Sometimes you do look back at it and say, 'Dang, I could have gave more effort there, or I loafed it a little.' But you work on those things.

My goal is to be the best player on the field every down and every game. If I achieve that, then I will achieve any goal I set forth.

If there's the opportunity to turn things around, that's what great players do. They don't complain or become complacent with losing. They just go back to work every day and try to turn things around and make wherever they are a great place to be.

I'll be a difference maker from Day 1.

When I'm doing sports, I don't feel anything at all. I enjoy the moment. It's a safe haven. But once you try to let someone inside your soul, you become vulnerable. You have to be comfortable in your own skin. I don't open myself up like that to a lot of people. It takes courage.

You'll see me everywhere, inside, outside. Only place you won't see me is maybe safety.