He always wants to be the best but then he'll never talk about being the best. It's pretty interesting.

He's got a lot of size, but he moves real quick. That should help him out a lot at the combine.

He's got a lot of size, but he moves real quick, which is a bonus for him.

Being a freshman and never been to a bowl game and getting thrown into the national championship the first one you didn't really understand. As each year passes you realize more and more how special that time was.

Inside the framework of the team, the team knows what the line does, knows how important it is to the success of the team -- to do the job up front.

I have no idea. I'd like it if they told us.

It taught me about balance and countering another guy's moves.

It's one of the greatest compliments you can get when the guy who's taking the bullets behind you says you did a great job. That makes you want to block and protect that much harder.

A lot more people were aware of A.J. Hawk once he came to Ohio State and they saw him do things like that. But as we went through high school, it was solidified even more that there is something special about him. I think it was a cumulative kind of thing - the way he worked in the weight room, relentlessly pushing himself, and the way he seemed to figure in on every big defensive play.

You see that and you see you're going to have to play for 60 minutes. No matter what your lead might be, they can come back real quickly.