Athlete

You have to watch out because being an athlete and playing at the college level with the opportunity to go the NFL, you're under the microscope and everybody's watching. There are people that look up to us. So you have to watch out for what you do and who you're around.

You always want to have success, but you never think it will be as big as it is.

A lot of my success, and a lot of who I am now, is because of my dad, and the way he raised me and taught me how to have a work ethic.

You visualize making a game-changing play, that's what you're here for.

After games, you think about the play you missed.

I feel like I've got a lot of football things I need to work on to have that success that I want to have in this league.

I grew up with a lot of friends that had a lot of abilities to do a lot of different things and chose different routes and it wasn't a great outcome for them.

I never let nothing ever get to me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

You can never be satisfied until you are done playing this game. So I'm just working.

Pittsburgh's home. This is where it all started. This is always going to be home. I always have to get back to Pittsburgh and get some work done.

People are going to doubt Aaron Donald and they're going to like Aaron Donald. But at the end of the day, my job is to make plays and let them speak for me.

I want to be great, I want to be mentioned with the best to ever play the game.

I'm always getting doubled; I just have to find ways to beat it. Can't use that as an excuse. Still got to get to the quarterback someway, somehow.

I'm just going to go play football - fly around and make some plays. That's all that matters.

I'm just playing my game and trying to help my team win. Whatever happens, happens.

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you're going to be pumped up about that.

My family, ain't no more struggling to pay this bill, pay that bill.

I'm just a football player.

It was a dream come true to play for the University of Pittsburgh. My experience as a Panther is something that influences my life every day and I want to pay that forward.

Experience is everything in this league.