Nick Mangold Quotations

I got a call from A.J. saying we got broken into.

He had a cut on his forehead two years ago during preseason camp. The doctor said he needed to slow down for a day or two. They had to hide his helmet so he wouldn't try to go out there.

He got me on a run play, which I'm still upset about, but that's how the rivalry goes. You just have to get low on him and grab on.

He's done a great job of holding on to being with the team and being with his wife. It's kept him from going out as much, but it probably a good thing for him.

He didn't put anything in the bank. He collected it. It's like living with a person during the Depression. It was all in a safe. Before that, he had it hidden throughout his room. I guess his grandfather does that, that's where he got it from.

That would be great. Could we find one more (first-rounder)? Could we sneak another one in there? I always like beating Miami.

We can't be overlooking anybody right now. Indiana has a renewed sense of energy, so we are really going to come after them this year.

To be a great team, you have to be perfect in November, that was the point he was emphasizing.

We're going to be calling them shortly making sure they have the volleyball net set up so we can have our pool volleyball games again. I'll be the first one in the pool.

We didn't make the best of our opportunity. We had turnovers that you can't have, especially as you start driving down the field at the end going in for the tying touchdown. We can't set up our defense so they have to defend against a good offense at the 1-yard line. We can't have that. Those are big things we've got to work on.

Being the third pick he'll be able to afford a bigger pool house. He may not spend a dime of any money he gets. He's going to have to find a lot of hiding places.

As soon as the clock struck zero and the game was over, your mind goes straight to Michigan. It's always in the back of your mind through the season. Now it's at the front of your mind.

Down here in Indy at the combine, you grow up and hear about it, but you never really think it's going to happen. Now, I'm here. It's crazy, but I'm loving it and having a blast.

It would have been nice to have at least one other person here so I could mess with someone else other than people I don't know.

Things weren't clicking for some reason. It just didn't seem like we could get two plays strung together.

It was almost like we played two different seasons. Things weren't going right, but nobody around here is used to losing, so we kept at it and found ways to get better. Once, we did that, we played like an Ohio State team should play.

After about one second, he's gone. He's just dancing around, making moves on people.

No way. I don't like those guys too much.

A year ago we started out as individuals and sort of came together at the end. This year we're starting where we finished, and coming together as one.

That's kind of one of the pitfalls of the position. You know when you're a young kid going into it that you're not going to get as much attention -- and as much credit -- as the quarterback and the running back. You become used to not being considered the mainstay people.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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