Deshaun Watson
I only get to experience this college football once. I want to live it up while I can.Collection: Experience
As a rookie, I worked with my agent and the training staff to figure out what diet works for my body naturally.Collection: Diet
I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.Collection: Positive
It took a long time for me to put a smile on my face over the course of my lifetime, and my experience of what I've been through on and off the field.Collection: Smile
I grew up with pretty much nothing - in the hood, the ghetto - whatever you want to call it.
I love the work, love the grind. I love what I have to go through to get what I want.
I never forget where I come from. It means everything.
Health has always been my first priority. If it's something that is going to make it worse, or if I'm not cleared by the doctors, then, you know, I won't step on the field.
I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.
I'm human. I make mistakes.
It doesn't matter my size. It's more a mindset. That's what people don't understand. It's the size the media talks about, but they don't know my heart.
I'm the best player in the country. That's how I think. That's how I feel.
Clemson was a special place, and I've enjoyed every single moment.
Clemson was the best three years of my life.
When we get in the red zone, we have the mentality that we're trying to get points. We're not satisfied with three points. We're trying to get touchdowns each time we get in there.
If I have the opportunity to go to the NFL, I'm going to take it.
I'm not Superman.
You correct the mistakes, and you move on.
The one thing I learned early on as a football player is people have their opinions, and I can't change them. But I can show them what they're missing.
People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American, and I'm a dual-threat quarterback.
People think, 'Oh, he's a black quarterback, he must be dual-threat.' People throw around that word all the time. It's lazy.
No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.
I watched Tim Tebow and how he played and how he carried himself and the good that he did for the game on and off the field. I knew that's what I wanted to do.
I try to do the right things. I was always raised that if you do the right thing and obey the law, you won't have problems. I really believe that. But that's just me; that's what I've tried to do because that's how my mother raised me.
If a franchise wants me, they'll take me.
If they want me to run the ball, I'll run it.
I just go out there and play.
Coach OB is fun to play for. He's very tough on you. He wants you to be successful.
There's no timeline from ACLs. People give you five, six, seven, eight months to come back.
I've dealt with adversity before, had injuries before. I didn't let that slow me down. It just changed my attitude about the game.
We just got to capitalize in the red zone. Don't turn the ball over.
For me, I just try to do what's best for the team.
I've played through a lot of injuries before, as a young kid through high school.
It's not overwhelming or shocking to play against the SEC, like most fans think.
I think about my mom and the things she went through, and things could always be a lot worse.
I love all people, and that's what I focus on.
I can't control other people, what their beliefs are.
I can control what I can control. I just focus on me, and that's it.
When I'm on the field, I'm locked in, focused on my job. I try to have a positive play and try to get points on the board.
One thing that translates from college to the NFL is winners, and, I think, being a quarterback, that's the biggest thing: being recognized, winning games.
I have some muscle on me where I can take those hits.
It started with my mom; she always wanted me to get my degree and graduate.
At first, after my freshman year, it was kind of a joke, going into my sophomore year like, 'Hey, I wanna graduate in three years, two-and-a-half.' And we were just kind of playing with it, added some extra classes in, and then once I finished that following spring going into that next summer, it was just like, 'Hey, I can actually do it.'
I just want to be a complete professional quarterback, and that's going to take time.
My reads, operation with the offense, timing with the receivers, routes, sitting in the pocket, trusting my line - everything is always a work in progress.
Each big play is always a confidence-booster.
You try to learn as much as you can with each rep.
I'm just going to do what I can do, not worry about taking hits. I'm not going to shy away from that... I'm going to try to protect myself and make sure I do my job.
Honestly, I just kind of play ball. I guess I'm pretty good in the state of Florida.
You just always have to protect yourself. Try not to take any unnecessary hits.