"We've been some cool places fishing. My parents and my family all went up to Alaska. We fished for k..." — Luke Kuechly

I think football is a lifestyle more than anything. It's how you eat, it's how you sleep, it's how you conduct yourself. It's just everything you do you have to keep in mind, is this going to help or have a positive impact on how my practice is going to be, how my workout is going to be, how the game is going to be.

My thing is, if you're going to put stuff in your body, it's going to be beneficial. Clean carbs, complex carbs, good proteins, a balanced diet. It's difficult to do it on a consistent basis, but it's pretty straightforward: fish, chicken, lean red meat, vegetables, fruits, complex carbs. The hardest part is putting on the work.

Well being from Cincinnati I thought it would always be cool to play for the Bengals.

The kids who would go to parties, I wasn't friends with them. I was cool with them at school, but I didn't hang out with them.