J. J. Watt

“Each year, I write out a goal sheet with what I expect. If I showed anybody else my goal sheet, they would have said I was crazy.”

“You can find just about everything on my iPod from Eminem to Zac Brown to Justin Timberlake to One Direction. Everything is on there.”

“It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It's exhausting. You have to force-feed. You have to force yourself to eat food.”

“I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very se...”

“If you're thinking like that - 'Does this person want me for me?' - then you're gonna have a hell of a hard time falling in love, 'cause you're constantly thinking about what they look like...”

“I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that's part of football. That's like a firefighter knowing he is going to go into a fire at some po...”

“My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for...”

“Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.”

“A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.”

“The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?”

“In Wisconsin, style-wise, it was all about bundling up, maybe wearing a hat and forgetting about your hair.”

“As long as I've known music, Bose has been the company to listen to. They're a lot of fun to work with, but also being able to associate yourself with such a high-quality product is great.”

“I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.”

“My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.”

“I'm not ashamed of it, but people would think I'm ashamed of Bieber. I got Bieber on my iPod.”

“If there's ever any point in my life where I could meet Jennifer Aniston, I think that'd be pretty incredible!”

“It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.”

“Growing up, you'd see Michael Jordan on everything from Gatorade to shoes - everything. Obviously, that's something pretty cool for an athlete to aspire to.”

“I get a lot of letters that say, 'I'm a normal, down-to-earth girl. I love to cook, and I love sports.' What I also get are letters from a whole bunch of moms saying, 'My daughter is awesome...”

“When you're in the National Football League, and you get this window where all eyes are on you, you can use that. You can use that platform for good.”