What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.
J. J. Watt
I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that’s how you should treat your girls. And if I can’t give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don’t feel like I should almost waste their time.
J. J. Watt
If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every single day and do stuff.
J. J. Watt
There’s no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody’s face just by walking into a room. It’s unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
J. J. Watt
My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.
J. J. Watt
Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It’s really cool: you’ll see so many different things.
J. J. Watt
The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is – teacher, violinist, football player – has to be the best. Why not me?
J. J. Watt
I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I want a house and a dog in the yard. I want to have barbecues.
J. J. Watt
If you’re going to nap, make sure you have a proper chunk of time blocked out. I’m not one of these guys that does the 15-20 minute nap. I don’t play those games. I’m, like, an hour minimum. I’m not gonna lay down unless I know I have at least an hour.
J. J. Watt
No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
J. J. Watt
One of the things I have to do, and I’m working on it, is making sure I enjoy the ride along the way. I have to remind myself, ‘Take a look around, look at things, and enjoy it.’
J. J. Watt
If you don’t have that vision for the end goal, you have no clue where you’re going, and you’re going to work very hard to go nowhere.
J. J. Watt
I want to go out and chase greatness. That’s all I want to do.
J. J. Watt
I know I’m going to be remembered for football. That’s why I work so hard at it.
J. J. Watt
I never want to let a day go by without having done something to get a little better.
J. J. Watt
I love brunch. Brunch is my favorite meal.
J. J. Watt
I ate a whole 20-inch pizza by myself one time.
J. J. Watt
I’m a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.
J. J. Watt
People always ask, ‘Man, why don’t you come out and enjoy it? Why don’t you celebrate? Why don’t you have any fun?’ My fun is Sundays. Anybody can go to the club. You don’t have to be good at going to the club to go to the club. You have to be good to be playing on Sundays, and to me, that’s what’s cool.
J. J. Watt
A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I’ve ever had.
J. J. Watt
My cheat meals aren’t even that exciting.
J. J. Watt
I’m sure I frustrate the trainers – in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there’s a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.
J. J. Watt
My whole life, I’ve been trying to make people proud.
J. J. Watt
I live for Sundays. I live for Mondays. I live for Thursdays.
J. J. Watt
When budget cuts happen – which has been happening a lot in this country – after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
J. J. Watt
Every year, I take 10 of my best friends from high school on a trip. That’s kind of my way for saying thanks to them for being so loyal, for keeping me honest, and for just being great friends throughout this craziness.
J. J. Watt
Every year, I take 10 of my best friends from high school on a trip. That’s kind of my way for saying thanks to them for being so loyal, for keeping me honest, and for just being great friends throughout this craziness.
J. J. Watt
I’m not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
J. J. Watt
You have to find the right situation, and you have to be in that right mindset where you can give everything you have to that. Because whatever I do, I want to be the best at. I want to be the best husband. I want to be the best father.
J. J. Watt
I just go out there every game and try to be the best I can be for our team.
J. J. Watt
There’s plenty of days when I don’t want to eat chicken breast and broccoli and rice, but I know what I have to do, and I know the sacrifice I have to make.
J. J. Watt
If you’re an outsider looking into my life, you’re thinking, ‘That dude is crazy. He’s literally crazy.’
J. J. Watt
I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.
J. J. Watt
When budget cuts happen – which has been happening a lot in this country – after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
J. J. Watt
In Wisconsin, style-wise, it was all about bundling up, maybe wearing a hat and forgetting about your hair.
J. J. Watt
You can find just about everything on my iPod from Eminem to Zac Brown to Justin Timberlake to One Direction. Everything is on there.
J. J. Watt
I Googled ‘What do rich people buy?’ Because I don’t feel like a rich person, and I don’t really try to act like a rich person, so I don’t know what they buy. I didn’t really like the stuff I saw, so I’m gonna stick with my humble lifestyle and just keep working out.
J. J. Watt
Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn’t want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.
J. J. Watt
It’s pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
J. J. Watt
It’s a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It’s just something you have to do.
J. J. Watt
I want to coach high school football, and that’s always what I’ve wanted to do.
J. J. Watt
I was impressionable at that age, and my high school coach did such an unbelievable job helping me, so I want to do that for other kids.
J. J. Watt
My dad’s a firefighter, so I know what it’s like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.
J. J. Watt
I’m a kid who grew up working hard.
J. J. Watt
Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.
J. J. Watt
You don’t know who wants you for you, who wants you for the money, who wants you for the fame. You have no idea. And how would you know? There’s no way.
J. J. Watt
If you’re thinking like that – ‘Does this person want me for me?’ – then you’re gonna have a hell of a hard time falling in love, ’cause you’re constantly thinking about what they look like on paper.
J. J. Watt
It may not matter to anybody now, but when you go out there and perform on the field, that’s what matters.
J. J. Watt
I think there are definitely some people that would say I’m crazy.
J. J. Watt
I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what’s capable of being made.
J. J. Watt
It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it’s like a job.
J. J. Watt
I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It’s always eating.
J. J. Watt