Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.

- J. J. Watt

If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff.

- J. J. Watt

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 seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.

- J. J. Watt

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.

- J. J. Watt

My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.

- J. J. Watt

Obviously, you get to do a lot of great things and cool opportunities at the Super Bowl. But at the end of the day, we all want to be here as a player. That's the goal, and that's why I work so dang hard.

- J. J. Watt

I'm always trying to learn and grow, so my diet has, over the years, evolved.

- J. J. Watt

My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.

- J. J. Watt

My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.

- J. J. Watt

I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I want a house and a dog in the yard. I want to have barbecues.

- J. J. Watt