Top 70 Aaron Donald Quotes

Like I always say, man, anytime you got playmakers around you it makes your job easier.

You have to watch out because being an athlete and playing at the college level with the opportunity to go the NFL, you’re under the microscope and everybody’s watching. There are people that look up to us. So you have to watch out for what you do and who you’re around.

I never let nothing ever get to me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

That’s my main goal: to win a world championship.

I feel like I’m an inside guy, I feel like I’m a three-tech or nose tackle.

I’ve got leverage on a guy that’s 6-6, and I’m strong enough to push 600-plus pounds off on a double-team.

It’s an offensive league.

As long as somebody is making sacks, I’m happy.

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I’m trying to go out there and make plays and help my team win.

It’s not that hard to be good, you can be good off raw talent. But I feel like it’s that extra step, doing work and putting a body of work in and doing things when nobody else is watching. When nobody else is telling you to do it, you’re pushing yourself to do it.

Any time you go on the field, you want to dominate as a unit.

I have experience at every position… I think that’s a plus for me.

I want to be great, I want to be mentioned with the best to ever play the game.

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you’re going to be pumped up about that.

There’s always room for improvement. That’s my mindset.

It’s a headache, chasing a guy around. I’d rather play against a quarterback that sits still.

If anything, it just motivates me to work a little harder. Anytime your organization invests a big amount of money like that into you, you want to do everything and more to thank them.

I’m just a guy. There’s nothing special about me.

When my name is called I’m going to go in there and give it everything I’ve got.

It’s what you work for and grind for. Just to get out there and play the game and try to help your team to win. And in doing that, you just help yourself.

Once you start worrying about things, you get down about yourself, whatever it may be.

There are a lot of good football players in the league. You just try to keep yourself grounded.

Pittsburgh’s home. This is where it all started. This is always going to be home. I always have to get back to Pittsburgh and get some work done.

It’s my mindset that I’m not where I want to be. I still want to be better, and I just want to stay humble about it. It’s not an act. It’s just how I am.

You never know what can happen.

I love L.A., but Pittsburgh just is home. This is what I know. This is where I was born and raised. This is what molded me to make me who I am.

Just have to be smart. Can’t hurt your team.

Any time you’re rewarded and can be a part of history, it’s a special moment.

When plays present themselves, I can’t miss ’em. I got to make ’em.

Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time spots. That’s who I want to be.

I’m just playing my game and trying to help my team win. Whatever happens, happens.

After games, you think about the play you missed.

Obviously you’ve got God-given talent to do things that a lot of people can’t do but I actually put the body of work in to get stronger, get faster, trying to work on my technique, trying to do little things that people usually don’t do, just trying to improve my game.

It’s a lot more fun when you’re winning than losing.

I’ve got a good team, got great agents that I know are going to handle the business side, and I trust those guys.

I fell like I’m a well-rounded football player.

You can never be satisfied until you are done playing this game. So I’m just working.

We just have to try to play ball. We go week-to-week trying to find ways to win games. That is what it comes down to.

If you play against a Peyton Manning, that’s a great quarterback, but I’d rather have that quarterback that stays still. You have a better chance of getting to him. The mobile quarterbacks, they do a lot of different stuff.

You have guys that are all over the field that are making a lot of plays, you’ll win a lot of games in the NFL.

You visualize making a game-changing play, that’s what you’re here for.

A lot of my success, and a lot of who I am now, is because of my dad, and the way he raised me and taught me how to have a work ethic.

I know you ain’t gonna win every single one-on-one, but in my mind, I’m supposed to.

Yeah, I think about the Hall of Fame.

I always tell my dad he was training me to be a pro before he even knew it.

You always want to have success, but you never think it will be as big as it is.

It ain’t just one guy, it’s a team game, and I’ll get myself better, I’ll keep working on my technique and trying to find ways to free myself and keep making plays.

Any time you can get the ball back to the offense and they put points on the board, you can win games.

I don’t care if it was 2 o’clock in the morning after a night game. I had to break down the film by myself before I watched it with the team. I wanted to see everything I did wrong and did right or I wouldn’t be able to sleep.

It’s the same thing I have been doing since I was 5, playing the game of football. Going out there when my number is called and trying to make plays.

I still want to make more plays, but you know it’s going to come. You gotta keep playing, playing hard, continue to study, continue to get myself better, working on my technique, and it will come. Just gotta keep working.

It doesn’t ever hurt to try different stuff.

I don’t see myself as somebody special. I just see myself as Aaron, the same guy I’ve been all my life.

You’ve got to try to find ways to dominate in any way – it ain’t about getting sacks, it’s about making the big plays. If that’s pressing the quarterback, making them throw a pick – whatever you’ve got to do to try to dominate the game.

It was a dream come true to play for the University of Pittsburgh. My experience as a Panther is something that influences my life every day and I want to pay that forward.

My family, ain’t no more struggling to pay this bill, pay that bill.

I’m always going to be my worst critic.

The word thank you ain’t enough. You’ve got to show it, so just go out there and play at a higher level, and instead of saying thank you, show it.

I’m just going to go play football – fly around and make some plays. That’s all that matters.

I’m just going out there and doing my job, so whatever it is – if it’s a hard slide protection, if it’s a double team, or even a triple team or a chip – whatever it is, I’m just finding ways to win, so that’s about it.

Any time you win you’re going to be happy. But any time it’s a great divisional opponent, when it’s a usual dog fight, to come out on top at their house is a really good feeling.

I’m always getting doubled; I just have to find ways to beat it. Can’t use that as an excuse. Still got to get to the quarterback someway, somehow.

It’s definitely tough on the pass rushers when they say you’re taking a quarterback down and you fall on top of them and it’s roughing the passer. Ain’t really much you can say, it’s just tough.

When I have one-on-ones, I usually win those.

The big-time player makes big-time plays in big-time games and that’s what we need to keep doing.

I was a big Steelers fan.

The more experience you got the more things you are able to go through, and the ups and downs through a season that you had I don’t think it can do anything but make you that much better.

Leaving a legacy behind is huge.

People are going to doubt Aaron Donald and they’re going to like Aaron Donald. But at the end of the day, my job is to make plays and let them speak for me.

You’ve got to have positives and negatives about you. I think that’s a good negative, that the only thing they could say about me is my size.