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I know I can make plays.
I'm not above criticism.
I don't have a lot of close friends.
In Charlotte, it was all about the Panthers.
Tom Brady is a great player who can beat you.
I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.
You have to be a smart player as well as a hard worker.
If you can't beat them (Packers), You might as well join them
I've always been a guy who's reserved my words for the right time.
I didn't grow up playing football. I wanted to be a basketball player.
I think I was just born like that, a personality trait. I'm an observer.
There's a lot of games played, a lot of snaps played over the long haul.
I want to try to execute my role to help the team in the best way possible.
Every game, well most of them, come down to turnovers and the turnover battle.
As a pass-rusher, 100 sacks is a big milestone. My 100th sack was on Joe Webb.
Talking to your parents is a great idea - if you have that relationship with them.
I've wanted to hit Jay Cutler so hard for so long that this move just makes sense.
To be honest with you, it really doesn't get me excited to see anybody get injured.
I get bashful in the spotlight. Even at home or at a birthday party, I hate that stuff.
Early in my career, I played with a guy in Mike Rucker who was a threat on the other side.
Seventeen years is a long time to be playing this game. It's two careers for a lot of people.
It's something I take a lot of pride in, that people compliment me and hold me in high regard.
I'm out to prove something-that I'm all for real and that I can do it on my own without any help.
I had games where I had better statistics than others, but it wasn't because I wasn't playing hard.
That's something that I struggled with - talking to my mother about some of the problems that I had.
Sometimes you've got to just dig down deep and be accountable for the role that you have on the team.
I was sad to leave Green Bay, and I don't think I would have left to go anywhere but home to Carolina.
Sometimes you get looked at harder than other people. I can take the criticism and I can take the heat.
Bears fans... man... I could not have chosen a better place to make my first stop outside of North Carolina.
I was never focused on winning individual awards. I just tried to help the team out and do all that I could do.
The tough times never lasted and the tough people inspired me to be better and give more. I hope I did the same.
At the end of the day, the wins are the wins and the losses are the losses. But the relationships are everything.
Right now I feel like playing as long as I can, As long as my body will allow me to play I'm going to continue to play.
You go to the Super Bowl in your second year and you're like, 'OK, cool. I'll be back next year or the year after that.'
I wouldn't change a thing about this journey. It was the best teacher I've ever had and was everything I could've hoped for.
If the opportunities are a little limited, then you've got to try to find a way to make something happen the best way you can.
Sometimes, you're on the field, you get tired. If I'm not playing as hard on play 66 as I was on play number 1, then... come on.
Truth be told, that's really one of the small reasons that I wanted to get out; because everybody knows your business in Charlotte.
How can you say you want to be somewhere when you're not really sure if they want you there because they're not even talking to you?
People who are given a lot, a lot is expected out of them. I realize that, but I also realize expectations are unrealistic sometimes.
Sometimes you've got to do things you don't want to do. Doing the right thing is not always comfortable; it doesn't always feel good.
Finding real friends - that's something that was an obstacle for me. And learning how to deal with my problems and talking about them.
You don't want to be one of these guys talking all the time, trying to say things all the time, because people start drowning you out.
I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.
There are only a few times in a man's life where you have the chance to stand up for something that you believe in and make a statement.
You can be an emotional, high-strung guy, and that might work for you. I think I can be reserved and quiet and play as well as the next guy.
You can try your best and do everything right for the most part and still not get sacks, and sometimes you can get sacks that fall into your lap.
As a kid, I never thought I saw myself as unusual. I always thought that lots of people could do what I did. More and more I realized I was wrong.
I want to be my own player. I want to be Julius Peppers. I don't want to be the next Lawrence Taylor. I don't want to have to live with his legacy.
Once I really maximize my potential-I don't know when that'll be, a year from now, three or four years from now-I think I can be one of the great ones.