Bobby Wagner

I thought it was a really good thing to be a part of giving blood and saving lives.

I'm really good at basketball.

I think my rookie year I was just out there, I just wanted to be out there and have fun. Maybe my sophomore year I was thinking a little too much because I wanted to be perfect, but I think everybody goes through that stretch.

Rookie year you get out there and want to make as many plays as possible, then second year you want to be perfect, and then you kind of find a combination between the two - making a lot of plays and trying to be as perfect as possible.

I think that's what separates the NFL because they're so many different cultures in here that you get to learn from, that you get to experience that people from the outside don't get to experience. We don't live in a box. We understand that there's different type of views, different type of actions, and we have an open mind to listen to them.

Basketball - you don't get hit in basketball. That's a nice life over there.

At the end of the day, me representing myself shouldn't be a big deal.

It's from the heart. I don't really care if people see that I do it or notice that I do it or even recognize that it's me doing it. I just do it because I feel like there's a lot of people out there that need a hand, and I try to lend a hand.

I really want to stand out as a middle linebacker.

Saying, 'I'll find the answer for you,' opens the door for people to still come to me with questions. Even if I don't have an immediate answer, I build trust by finding the answer.

If I'm being interviewed by a reporter, I take my time to answer the question.

I just don't like missing games.

I'm definitely a guy that yells at the TV. You call out plays and think they're going to hear you say what you called out.

I wish I could sing.

If you are saving lives, I am willing to help.

If you don't have a defense this league don't exist. So I feel like defensive players do need to kind of stand their ground to kind of show that we are just as important. You see all the offensive guys getting paid and we are just as important.

Every year they are making the game harder and harder for a defensive player to play.

I feel like I was always good at the run.

Whenever you go somewhere, you want to leave a mark.

I strive for being great.

My goal is to really be a dominant player in this league and have nobody question that. That's what I strive for.

It's a little harder nowadays because of the way contracts are set up, the way the league is, to play with one team.

In a business where it's cutthroat, it's cool to be able to play with one organization your whole career.

I appreciate my teammates.

That's how my mom was. She did that. She went out of her way to say hi to people or to speak to people. She was a people person.

You've got to do what's right for you.

I've always been interested in trying to help people in anyway possible.

My mom taught me, 'There are a lot of doubters out there.' It doesn't matter what everybody else thinks.

I worked hard and had support from my family, but it was a grind at Utah State.

Everybody kind of passed up on me; a lot of the teams I played against said I was too short, I wasn't strong enough, I wasn't fast enough, I wasn't physical enough. The only team that believed in me was Utah State.

Coming out of high school, I wasn't really highly recruited because I was still learning the game.

Utah State stayed with me, so I stayed loyal to the people loyal to me.

Coach Clune has been a great person to me, he taught me a lot, linebacker-wise.

You can't do the same thing every game.

Every game is different. Every week is different.

I heard I wasn't a good linebacker, I was too small and all that other stuff.

A lot of companies feel like they have to go down to the Bay Area to get the money that they need to build their business, and we don't believe that's true.

As soon as you can't play and they don't want you no more, it's over. So you've got to make the best of your opportunity.

I feel like her personality lives through me. How she was and how she acted lives through me. I smile when people say, 'Your mom used to do that; you're thinking just like your mom.'

You've got to get what you've got to get while you can.

When I was a rookie, I was kind of just flying, trying to make plays.

I just feel like that '90s era was pretty special from all aspects. Whether it was hip-hop, R&B, it was a lot of music back then that everyone could relate to and listen to.

To be in a position to help my family out and change the trajectory of the Wagner family it's a pretty dope feeling.

I'm a huge fan of Jay Z. I listen to a lot of Nas, a lot of 2Pac. I like to listen to people that make me think.

A lot of Utah State when I was there, there was a lot of California guys. So, you get a lot of Cali music, you got a lot of dance music, I think the Jerk was popular back then. It was a lot of the music that you can dance to with your teammates. A lot of hip-hop, rap, R&B, it was really fun. It was live in there.

I feel like I finally got a routine with massages, and yoga and swimming, and all these different things that I do. I think it has helped me not get hurt.

Well, there's one guy, when he runs the ball his head's really, really still - doesn't move whatsoever but then when it's a pass he's always, like how he's looking is like his head is almost going back and forth and back and forth because he needs to know who to block.

Some guys when they're catching the ball they'll tighten their gloves. The O-linemen have heavy stances in run verses pass is super light. There's all types of things that you can find on film that can give you an edge.

I want to wake up in a Bugatti.

Is Adele embarrassing? I think she's dope.