If you can't beat them (Packers), You might as well join them

- Julius Peppers

I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.

- Julius Peppers

Once I really maximize my potential-I don't know when that'll be, a year from now, three or four years from now-I think I can be one of the great one…

- Julius Peppers

I want to maximize my potential as a player. I want to be as good as I could possibly be. And if I do that, I think I could be one of the best player…

- Julius Peppers

As a kid, I never thought I saw myself as unusual. I always thought that lots of people could do what I did. More and more I realized I was wrong.

- Julius Peppers

It's not important for me to be a star, but it is important for me to be one of the better players. I won't feel comfortable with not living up to my…

- Julius Peppers

I want to be my own player. I want to be Julius Peppers. I don't want to be the next Lawrence Taylor. I don't want to have to live with his legacy.

- Julius Peppers

I'm out to prove something-that I'm all for real and that I can do it on my own without any help.

- Julius Peppers

How can you say you want to be somewhere when you're not really sure if they want you there because they're not even talking to you?

- Julius Peppers