38 Quotes by A.J. Hawk

I kind of grew up my whole life as an underdog. I had two older brothers who would beat on me and then let me know I wasn't much compared to them. And it's still like that. Guys like that keep you humble, being around them every day and realizing I'm still the little brother to them.

I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.

Everybody talked about giving Charlie Weis four weeks to prepare. That kind of upset me. What about giving coach Tress four weeks to prepare? He's four out of five in bowl games.

Each year we go into the season and our main goal is to win the Big Ten championship and the national championship. We feel like that's an attainable goal every year.

(Even) if I'd have won every award, it doesn't mean anything to these coaches (and) these players in the league.

Once your bowl game is over this is what you work for. That's why I want to come here and compete. I don't want to delay it any longer. I'm ready to get back to doing some football-type things instead of working on mainly these drills.

That's what we do every game: affect the quarterback and just be a physical defense - a defense that people like to watch.

They found some playmakers on their team. They are playing with a lot of confidence.

There was a lot of pressure on everybody, but really no extra pressure. We just needed to relax and do what our coaches have taught us.