Athlete

There are always going to be questions - I know that. I'll let my playing answer my questions.

When breast cancer took my mom, it met its biggest enemy.

Any opportunity I can get to come back to Memphis, I try to get it.

I stand behind all my tweets. If I tweeted it and I said it, I am not apologizing for it.

If you're in college, if you're in high school, if you're in elementary school, if you're in a youth league, if you're in the NFL, football's football.

I'm aware that if the ball is thrown in my direction, I'm expected to catch it because the media is going to be on my back.

It ticks me off to hear people say, 'Hey man, at your age you don't look like you're slowing down a bit.' Like, can I just be a football player? Why does the 33 age have to coincide with me when you talking football?

Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family's story. That's why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others.

I take pride in knowing the NFL is pink in October, sparking conversations everywhere about breast cancer and prevention, all in the spirit of my mom.

On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point.

I didn't have the money to travel until I got to the NFL, so it's definitely opened doors for me in that capacity.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

In the NFL, if you make the play or you don't make the play, you're just a football player who did or didn't make the play. You don't get more yards or less yards based on what you're labeled as by society.

I did start out quiet, and I found out you can change a person's life by simply saying, 'Hey,' or, 'How was your day?' Not everybody gets that opportunity with the way society views you or how you look or the way you dress or how you interact. You hear the weird cliches: socially awkward. I think we're all socially awkward.

Why can't I just be a running back?

I grew up knowing the importance of breast cancer.

You'd be amazed how much attention $1 million will get you.

I'm at that point in my career you can put up all the numbers you want to, you can swing whatever statistic you want to swing, but it doesn't matter if you don't get to the Super Bowl and win it.

We just want to win. It doesn't matter how the stats look.

It's always an emotional blow when you lose any guy, let alone a guy like Le'Veon Bell.