Aaron Rodgers Quotes

"Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you."

"Five letters here just for everybody out there in Packer-land: R-E-L-A-X, Relax. We're going to be OK."

"It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away."

"For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes."

"How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got."

"The NCAA makes so much money off of their kids, and they put ridiculous - absolutely ridiculous - restrictions on everything that they can do."

"I want to be the best. I want to be counted on by my teammates. I want to be counted on by this organization and the fans. I want to be someone they know is going to bring it every single week. I prepare to be the best."

"That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud."

"I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. That's why I'm trying to enjoy it so much."

"The thing I love about Wisconsin is the people. We have such incredible people here. It's fun to recognize the incredible athletes and coaches and sponsors and people we have here tonight. But we also have incredible fans."

"To me, the flag represents the greatest ideals of the United States of America, not the worst, but different people look at different things and have different feelings about it. That's what freedom of expression is all about."

"I've gotten to learn what's important in life and what's not important, and what to spend energy on and what not to. I don't have a family like some of my teammates, but I have a lot of things pulling at me that I have to put my energy into."

"I've dealt with a lot of injuries over the years, and you just learn about pain management and how to keep yourself in the best shape to play on Sunday, and then playing with pain."

"I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan."

"I think Jesus was about bringing people together and connecting people in love, hanging out with the people who other people didn't want to hang out with. Spending time with the worst of the worst because He knew those are the people who needed Him most."

"When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury."

"I think it is all about finding ways to challenge yourself."

"I'm just going to say I'm not gay. I really, really like women. That's all I can really say about that."

"I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic."

"I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there's severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us."

"I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy."

"The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion."

"The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage."

"I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it."

"Everybody eats a little differently, but the more where you are aware of what you put in your body and how it affects your performance, the better opportunities you have. And that's what I'm trying to do."

"When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'"

"I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day."

"I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings."

"I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar."

"You talk all the time about being connected, being a unit, believing in each other. But if you have unnamed sources, people out there cutting you down, and then you find out it's the person calling the plays - that would be really hard to deal with, to look at him the same way."