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I want to be the best safety in the league.
School is something that I drive to finish.
Being named NFLPA Community MVP is an amazing honor.
Having a head coach pushing you is definitely a plus.
I'm a great player. I play fast; I'm a great tackler.
Anytime you get a win in this league, it's a blessing.
I was a bass fisherman. I liked bass. That was my thing.
I just want to continue getting better and build as a player.
That's what you don't see about coach Saban. He's a very funny guy.
I feel for the cops; I feel for us as a society as a whole, period.
I'm just happy and blessed to have the opportunity to go to the NFL.
Bad thing about playing at Alabama? I really didn't have any bad moments.
To be honest, football is my main goal. I never really had a backup plan.
I think my body language and how I carry myself speaks for me as a person.
I just have to make sure I keep improving my game in every aspect there is.
Give me an opportunity, I'm going to take advantage of those opportunities.
I just want to give back and kind of be a resource for younger generations.
Deacon Jones grew up a street over from my grandfather, where I was raised.
My guy growing up was Deacon Jones from Eatonville, Florida, where I'm from.
Anything is possible as long as we believe in each other, always stick together.
You've just got to play complementary football; you've just got to wait your time.
Leaving a legacy beyond just playing football has become extremely important to me.
I just hope we can find peace and justice and get back to getting better in this world.
People have called me Ha Ha since I was in elementary school, so that's just what it's been.
Me, coming from a low-income background, I really didn't take my studies serious as a young kid.
My last name is all I have. I try to carry that to a high standard by setting high expectations.
Coach Saban did his best job to make me a better player and a better person. I thank him for that.
I'm a free safety. The one responsibility I have is making the play, really. So I take those chances.
I want to be a Hall of Famer, go to Pro Bowls every year - just make sure my name is remembered after I leave.
I was once that kid that needed a donation - that needed help to go to camp because my mom wasn't able to pay for it.
I never met him. But just growing up where Deacon Jones did, he motivated me to be great, showing the NFL was possible.
The league is crazy. It's hard to win in this league, and you have teams coming at you every week with players just as good as you.
Even if I just change one kid's life in my time on Earth, my life is complete. I'll be happy with that. I'll be satisfied with that.
I understand what's going on in this world. But cops have to go home at the end of the day. They have a family. They have to go home, too.
It is one thing to be successful on the field, but to be recognized for something off-field is a completely different and inspiring feeling.
It's actually a blessing to be able to walk off that field win, lose or draw. If you walk off that field healthy, that's the important thing.
Really, those 60 minutes when I am on the field is my time to enjoy myself, and I don't have to worry about anything, play the game that I love.
If I've got to come out for a few plays in order to get back right and make sure I catch my wind so I can be ready for the next play, I'll do that.
I just preach the importance of reading, the importance of learning and challenging yourself to be the best you can be in life, whatever it is you do.
It keeps me humble just to know exactly where I came from and all the hard work I had to put in to be here. It feels good to reminisce about the past.
Do the right things, respect your elders, respect your teachers, continue to work hard, and if you are religious and you have some type of faith... pray.
I'm a funny guy. I love to laugh. I love to have a good time. You'll never see me down or, before the game, looking mad. I'm just not that type of person.
I went into criminal justice because I want to learn more about the law, about what's going on in this world, and be a mentor to kids from where I'm from.
I'm just grasping everything, getting as much knowledge as I can, and continuing to learn and not being afraid to take challenges and actually take action.
Growing up as a little kid, you're always told, 'If you see the police, tell us.' So you're like, 'Whoa, are they the bad people or not?' It makes you think.
I really don't care about stats. I don't care about any of that stuff. I just care about performing each and every weekend and helping my team win ball games.
Judges have a hard job. It's not just putting someone in jail or slapping someone on the wrist and giving them a punishment, but it's protecting society as a whole.
People see police officers and think they're such bad people. We have some who can be some bad people. But we have some great ones out there, that are here to protect us.
I could have made a lot of bad decisions, and some I did, but fortunately, I learned from those mistakes, and once they happened, I never really made those mistakes again.
Trust the process. If I can't trust you to go to class, how can I trust you on the field? If you want rings, want to go to the league, want to be great, trust the process.