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...
balls completed needed
They completed a lot of balls. But when we needed to make plays, we did.
caught guess guys team
That's something some of the guys on the team started, and I guess it caught on.
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.
guy special lucky
I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.
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.
brother my-sister laura
Laura's [my sister] rooting for her brother. She'd better. She's known him a lot longer than me.
trying telling-the-truth
I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth.
football important right-now
Football is more important to me than money right now.
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.
moving want gone
Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.
career respect
We get to end our career here where he played, and we have a lot of respect for him and what he did.
certain change guys head percent whoever
There are certain guys you want to hit, and some you don't. I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth. I'm not going to play differently regardless. I'm out there to play 100 percent every play, whoever it is. If it was my own brother, I wouldn't change my play.
laid respect
Yeah, but I don't think they would respect me if I just laid down and not play hard.
air atmosphere coming early electricity game giving hurt knew match ready
We knew they'd come out with the atmosphere of the game and electricity in the air they'd come out ready to play. And we knew we had to match that. I think coming out and giving up that early touchdown hurt us a little bit.