A.J. Hawk
A.J. Hawk
Aaron James "A. J." Hawkis an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft and he would later win Super Bowl XLV with the team over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Ohio State, where he earned All-American honors twice and won the Lombardi Award as a senior. A.J. also runs his own podcast called The HawkCast...
moving want gone
Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.
team mean responsibility
You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well and to make an impact. If not, youre going to get cut. So you have to come in, make the team, have an impact and do something special. And I feel that, obviously, internally. I feel an obligation to myself to do that but obviously the organization, the fans, this community. I mean, they dont want to see a first-round draft pick be a bust, so I feel I have to come in and hopefully make an impact early.
football important right-now
Football is more important to me than money right now.
trying telling-the-truth
I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth.
brother my-sister laura
Laura's [my sister] rooting for her brother. She'd better. She's known him a lot longer than me.
brother humble two
I kind of grew up my whole life as an underdog. I had two older brothers who would beat on me and then let me know I wasn't much compared to them. And it's still like that. Guys like that keep you humble, being around them every day and realizing I'm still the little brother to them.
guy special lucky
I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.
seeing
He's unbelievably fast. Seeing him, it's something else.
fans given gladly green team tradition wants
I really haven't given it too much thought. Any team that wants me, I'll gladly go. Especially a team like Green Bay, with the tradition they have, the fans they have, it would be unbelievable.
anytime feels
Anytime you get the quarterback, it feels good.
coaches mean players won
(Even) if I'd have won every award, it doesn't mean anything to these coaches (and) these players in the league.
behind coaches country hit knew physical playing tackle
I told all of the coaches here that we had two of the most physical safeties in the country playing behind me. I knew if I didn't make the tackle they were probably going to hit me on their way to make the tackle. So I had to get there first before them.
affect defense people physical
That's what we do every game: affect the quarterback and just be a physical defense - a defense that people like to watch.
attainable goal main national season ten win year
Each year we go into the season and our main goal is to win the Big Ten championship and the national championship. We feel like that's an attainable goal every year.