Words matter. These are the best Mike Daniels Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
You can’t run a team with one leader. You need multiple leaders.
I want my presence to be felt whenever I step on the field.
A lot of these defensive linemen, they’re real whirling dervishes – they do all these fancy moves.
Nothing was ever handed to me. I mean nothing.
Take a deep breath. When the game comes, no matter what happens, you can always keep your cool. I’m a bit of a hot head, a bit of a spaz, so it really helps me calm myself down during the game.
Nobody wants to stay in Green Bay and run laps in the snow and go boxing in the gym. Everybody has what works for them, and I feel as though this works for me – it keeps me hungry, it keeps me with that edge. Other guys get a hard day’s work in, but they’re on the beach afterward.
‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures’ – it took a long time for that to get animated because the old-school animation wouldn’t have the glorious nature of JoJo justice. Watching shows like that and ‘Super Kia,’ ‘Black Clover,’ ‘Attack on Titan,’ being able to watch some anime the night before the game definitely helps relax me.
When you’re a defensive lineman, to get your hands on the ball, it’s a dream. It’s everybody’s dream.
In ‘Dragon Ball,’ the characters have a challenge. They know they have to push their bodies to the limit in their training so they can make sure to defeat their opponent, much like professional football players.
If they’re coming out full-steam, you come out harder. That’s just how it is. It’s the game of football.
Just getting to the NFC Championship isn’t good enough. Winning the Super Bowl is what the expectations are.
I really wanted to be the biggest, baddest guy – not to mess with anybody, just so nobody would mess with me.
Embrace the fact that you are different… Don’t think you’re alone. Embrace it. Love it.
Being under-recruited coming out of Highland, I’ve carried that with me. I keep pushing forward, keep working hard every day, keep my head on straight every step of the way. I tried to keep the reality hat on, knowing I might not get to the NFL, but I also knew it was a great possibility if I kept myself hungry.
I say I’m the strongest in the NFL, but the yoga has helped me to a point where I can’t be moved off the line, because I know how to get rooted in the ground and use the energy around me.
You’re not going to change me. I love being me.
I am a bit sassy, with some sarcasm thrown into the mix, but stoic at the same time – and brash.
In order to be one of the best defensive linemen in the NFL – which I am – it’s doing things that other people aren’t willing to do.
I was never motivated by a contract. I was motivated by being the best. So I just compete against myself every day and push to get better.
Kevin Zeitler, who plays for the Browns, he watches quite a bit of anime.
Communication is key in any relationship – especially in a team sport, and football is the ultimate team sport.
You’re a defensive lineman, you get knocked around from all different angles. I’ve been knocked around like a pinball quite a few times.
Some of those 10, nine-year vets, they know some things that your typical college senior wouldn’t. I’ve come across some guards in the NFL that know how to use their hands better than D-linemen in college. I guess they’ve learned from their enemies.
I’ve had quite a few plays where I’ve just dominated the guy across from me.
Imagine being a running back or a receiver. You get tackled, and then when you get up, you’re surrounded by a bunch of guys, and they’re all screaming and yelling at you… Mentally, it wears on you, like, ‘God, how long can I do this?’ It’s a mental thing.
Stats are for losers, really. You’ve just got to go and play better, flat out.
We have to have each other’s back. That’s just football. That’s how it’s been since we were younger. Before you learn technique and scheme when you’re a little kid, you’re out there scrapping.
I’m an emotional guy.
Look at the old Packers – those guys were mean. Reggie White would say, ‘Here comes Jesus,’ and then he’d club you into next week.
How I go about my work is I like to stay consistent. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and I have a really good program, and I like to stick to it.
