I've got a good, quick release.

I started hunting at 5 years old.

I just have a lot of belief in myself.

I wasn't a cradle Catholic, but a convert.

The biggest thing for me is just get the win.

I'm good at extending plays and finding throwing lanes.

I've always been this kind of calm, cool and collected.

The 2009 World Championship Duck Calling Contest, I won.

The only traffic I had to deal with in Alabama was a tractor.

I'm just really glad that I've had a lot of help along the way.

I have always been a guy who is aggressive in throwing the ball.

For the most part I'd say the Steelers called me Duck more than Devlin.

The nerves are still there. I might just do a better job at hiding them.

When it comes to football, I always prepare like I'm going to be the guy.

Whenever a play is called I'm going to be who I am. I'm going to be aggressive.

It helps, especially in college, and even now; having good playmakers around you.

Every time you step in the stadium on Sunday, you're facing a good team. This is the NFL.

That's something I do each and every day, come in and compete, just let it hang loose, and throw it.

I definitely think I'm better just for the simple fact that I feel like each and every day I can get better.

It's awesome to have the fans come up and say, 'Hey, Duck, what's up?' When people call me Devlin, it catches me by surprise.

I played with the Pittsburgh Steelers this year, one of the most historic franchises in the NFL, and it is so cool and amazing.

Anytime the defense scores first - anytime the defense scores when I'm on the bench - that's big time. That takes a little pressure off.

If you'd have asked me five or six years ago when I first got the name, I'd have thought this is wild, a quarterback named Duck, but now it's cool.

This is football. This is my job. At the same time there's a good balance you can have with having fun and getting prepared and ready for the game.

I may not always be the guy that's talking the most, but I think just how I walk around and how I play, people see that I'm having fun, enjoying it.

Who wouldn't want to be the all-time passing leader in FCS? Or in school history? At the end of the day, if that's something I accomplish, that's awesome.

Obviously there is a professional side and you have to be locked in, but I need to make sure that I'm enjoying the game that I love so much and having fun.

Being a Catholic in any way is great, but I feel particularly blessed to have served at the altar, where the work of Christ through the priest can be seen up close.

Sometimes we can think it would be great to live around the time of Christ in order to be very close to him, but we already are very close to him in the Catholic Church.

Even when I went out to L.A. for the Chargers game, there was a couple guys there that had some kind of Duck stuff on, so I kind of expected it coming back to Heinz Field.

I told some people before, that if five years from now, or 10 years, if I am still playing in the NFL, this whole kind of story just fits who I am. It just shows that with hard work and confidence in yourself and belief in yourself, you can accomplish your dreams.

That can happen sometimes: We see what's good but need to be given the motivation or strength to do it when we're tired or distracted by something else. That's one of the major things a family is for, and I look forward to that with the family that I start one day.

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