Joe Burrow

The 2024 season was my best individual year as a pro

I think I had a great year. I think I had my best year as a pro. I'm excited for, I think there's another level that I can hit.

It takes two years for a wrist ligament injury to return to full mobility

Whenever you have a ligament injury, your joint is gonna take around two years to get all the mobility back and everything that you feel like you need.

Most running quarterbacks excel in the preseason because defenses aren't game-planned

A lot of running quarterbacks excel in the preseason I would say. Because you're not game planning the opposing team. Your coaches aren't game planning their defense and you're just running out and running your training camp plays.

I'm actually getting faster as I get older

I'm getting better at sliding and protecting myself. And I'm getting more agile so I'm making some more people miss. I'm getting a little faster and I'm gonna continue to work on that.

I can't live with a dog because they are too in-your-face

Dogs are too much for me. I like being around dogs but I couldn't live with a dog. I think they're just too in your face. Just do your own thing for a little bit.

I would convert my salary to a signing bonus to help the Bengals keep players

Most of the guys just convert it to to signing bonus. I would do that.

The MLB salary structure is bad for the sport

In baseball you have no [cap]... some teams are paying like nothing and some teams are paying like $500 million. I don't think that's the way to do it. [And the Ohtani deal] where they'll pay you in like 50 years? Which is insane.

I am 120% stronger than I was two years ago

[I am] 10, 15 pounds [bigger]. I feel a lot stronger. ... If I was a hundred percent strong two years ago, I am 120% strong now.

I really want to play for the Olympic flag football team

I really wanna play for the Olympic flag football team. Yeah. Like me, Ja'Marr [Chase], Justin [Jefferson]. Me and my friends out there playing flag football.

NFL players should be allowed to taunt because they are adults getting paid

Why can't, I don't really understand. I think if you're getting paid to play football, you can taunt. I'm all for not taunting in college and high school. But once you get paid to play, I think we should be able to taunt and nobody's gonna get their feelings hurt. Like we're all big boys, we're gonna be okay.

Jayden Daniels is going to be a really good NFL quarterback

I like Jayden Daniels. I think he's gonna be really good. I like his motion.

The Bengals' championship window is open as long as I am the quarterback

[Is the window open?] It's always open. If you don't feel like that, then why are you playing football?

Alex Pereira will win his next UFC fight

[Alex Pereira] is very fun to watch. He's going, I think he's gonna win.

Russell Wilson still has something left in the tank

[Does Russ still have some left in the tank?] Yeah. I think so. [You're sure?] Time will tell. I think he'll be good.

I have 10 to 15 years left in my NFL career

I'm 27... I got a good 10 15, I would say, oh, left in me. [I'll] see how the career plays out until then.

If Harambe were still alive, he would record at least seven sacks a game in the NFL

You gotta take Harambe, right? I mean the strength to weight ratio is just way higher than humans. That's, I mean that's a easy seven sacks a game I'm sure.

I am probably the first No. 1 overall draft pick to still be living in their parents' basement a month after the draft

My dad likes to make the joke that I'm a 23-year-old millionaire living in my parents' basement. Yeah, it's not a joke. It's not a joke at this point.

The 'Free Fire' play is the secret to a dominant defense in NCAA Football 14

Free fire, the one with the Mike and Will blitzing every single time. The Will comes free in the big gap every single time, and you just play man-to-man... The linebacker on the right side in the B gap comes through every time. I'm telling you. That was my secret.

Mike the Tiger is not my favorite part of the LSU campus

I actually haven't watched [Tiger King] yet. I'm anti-animal in cage... Mike the Tiger is not my favorite part of campus.

The best offensive strategy in NCAA Football 14 is running Four Verticals and audibling to stops if the corners play off

Call four verticals every single play, and if the corners are playing off, just change it audible to a stop, and you get completion every single time.

Nobody could have ever stopped LSU's offense this season

I really don't think anybody ever could have could have stopped this. I mean we were we were just rolling we had I mean I could just throw up a I could throw the ball with my eyes closed. My receiver is going to go catch it. That's that's how we felt and We were just playing with so much confidence.

It's not fair that I'm 23 years old playing against college kids

I'm graduating I'm 22, and I'm 23 years. So I can do whatever ask me whatever the hell I want... I mean, we it's really not fair. How old I am but I'm playing against these [college kids].

Skyline Chili is disgusting

I hate that stuff. It's not real chili. It's just sauce... Cincinnati's going to hate me, but I hate that stuff.

Matthew Dellavedova is genuinely an elite and good player, not a joke

Everyone thinks it's a joke, but [Dellavedova] is good. He is good. I've been a Delly fan from the jump back in 2014... When Kyrie [Irving] went down in the 2015 finals, I was like, relax, Delly is going to come in and wreak havoc. He shut Steph Curry down in that first game.

I am hoping to run a 4.6 40-yard dash

I'm hoping to hit 4-6. That would be blazing for me.