Khalil Mack Quotes

I don't play ball because I want attention. I do it because it gives me the opportunity to bust somebody's head. And I just love to do it. I love what I do.

Just like when I was in the NFL, you've got to find those smaller dudes - and when you get your hands on them, it's bad news - all day.

When you play me, I'm going to get right up in your grill and let you know it's going to be a long day. It's going to be physical. It's going to be something you don't like. It's going to be hell.

I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly.

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.

I was always fighting with everyone when I was a kid. I was playing with people two or three years older than me, and I had to survive. So I love the physical game, the contact. And I don't know why, but I think football is like this. It is not just touching the ball and stringing together 50 pretty passes consecutively.

I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.

Football is a violent, violent sport, and you have to practice that way in order to get at elite levels on Saturday, in my opinion.

I don't go out there to hurt people, I don't even know how to attempt to hurt somebody. I play hard, bring the edge. I'm an instigator. That gets me going.

Fighting football, not serenity football - that is what I like.

We want to play a physical game and impose our will on people.

Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how tough I was because I played with them. I got quite a good reputation for beating up boys going up through school.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.

You can't tap somebody in the helmet and say, 'Go be physical.' If you're not physical, you can't play physical, and that's a big part of what we believe in.

I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.

Of course the defenders are trying to be physical with me. They look at me, 7-3, skinny, they try to be physical.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

It's nice to be able to go against bigger guys and be able to bang.

I've always coached energy, hustling, rushing to the pile, and if it is wiggling, you do hit it because guys are fighting for yardage, and sometimes, you've got to give up the ball because of one inch.

To show respect for the opponent is to go and kill with every single action. That is the way you show it. You need to be aggressive. That is how I understand football.

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

I'll do whatever it takes for us to win games of cricket. If I have to sledge, I'll get involved like that. I'll try and intimidate a player if I have to.

The NBA is always looking for tough kids who aren't afraid of the moment or the guy they're playing against.

I just want to whup the man in front of me, play after play.