SAQUON BARKLEY

I view myself as more than a running back.

My dad is a fan of football, too, and did a good job of making me understand the history of football.

I want to be an athlete. I'm not just a running back. I play the running back position.

My family has been through so much and made so many sacrifices for my brothers and sisters.

It starts with myself. I have to believe in myself and set expectations for myself, set goals for myself, and continue to work for those goals every day.

You look at the years that the Giants have been successful, it really wasn't just one star that got it done.

The first hit in a game is the thing that knocks everything out; whether you're nervous, you're over-thinking stuff, it definitely helps.

I don't care if I'm drafted one, five, 72, or last pick. I'm going to come in with my head low, ready to work, and that is not going to change me. That's why, whatever team drafts me, you're going to get the same person, the guy that is going to be a competitor, a guy that is passionate about the game.

I want to be one of the best.

Whether the ball is on the 99-yard line or the 1-yard line, I'm going to find a way to get into the end zone.

I definitely respect Kamara's game. He's a different type of player. He can catch the ball out of the backfield. He can run in between the tackles. Pretty much a do-it-all back.

I want to be an all-around back and all-around player.

Everyone will have struggles, but I am willing to learn, and I am coachable.

Any team that's drafting me, you're going to get the same person. You're going to get a competitor, a guy who's passionate about the game and, even though I'm a rookie, a guy who will try to be a leader to the best of my ability.

Curtis Martin is as humble as heck. He's one of the greatest running backs to ever play - over 14,000 career rushing yards - and a lot of people don't speak about that.

I'm big on watching film, and sometimes it hurts myself because I over-calculate things, or I overthink sometimes.

I wanted to go down as one of the best running backs to ever play at Penn State.

If the run game's not working, you'll most likely succeed in the pass game, and even if there's a game where the run game and the pass game's not working, you've got to find a way to continue to win. You can't get too caught up in one play. You can't get too caught up one quarter or one drive.

Every day is Father's Day to me when I'm with her: when I'll be able to hold my daughter and see her grow and see her smile. That's Father's Day to me every day.

The more success you have, the more attention and the more spotlight comes to your name.

If I follow the media and everyone that tries to set expectations for me because I'm a high draft pick, if I follow that, I will never become a great player.

I hope to make an impact not only on the field, in the community, in the locker room. But on the field, catching the ball, returns, running the ball, getting the tough gritty yards, being able to make those special plays and being a great teammate, that's what I hope to have.

I'm very confident in myself, and sometimes that hurts me.

I'm very confident in myself.

A lot of people think a running back is just a guy who lowers his shoulder and runs people over, and that's not my game.