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Michael Bennett's greatest quotes...*UPDATED* with Superbowl XLIX Media Day Quotes!

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Everyone loves Black Santa!

From the Nickname which he signs with his autograph:

Black Santa

To the infamous sack dance: Sack Dance

To the bicycle celebration:

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Michael Bennett's personality has helped make him a fan favorite.

Here are a few gems from his past two seasons as a Seahawk:

On his first OTA in Seattle:

"They’re (freakin’) workin’ us, man. They’re gonna make you earn it around here. This pace is crazy. Tried to call my friends in Tampa, like: ‘Man, I ain’t ever seen no pace like this. They’re moving so fast!’"

On the Beastmode run 2:

"It was the best run I've ever seen. I felt like he was running for freedom or something. Boy, he was gone. They haven't had a run like that since the Underground Railroad."

When asked if he would consider a "hometown discount" to stay with the Seahawks:

"There is no such thing as discount. This is not Costco, this is not Walmart..."

On the Seahawks' Defense:

"We're the best defense to ever play football, so when we play the way we play, the way we're capable of playing, whatever he did didn't really matter."

On his preparation:

"Doing exactly the same exact thing we always do: not having sex on Wednesdays, watching Homeland, just chilling."

On getting a playoff bye:

"It's always good when you're on top." (long pause) "Even when you're at home with the ladies."

On describing his sack dance:

"Two angels dancing while chocolate is coming from the heavens on a Sunday morning."

On the impact of his sack dance:

"Most important sack dance in history, because I helped the baby boom in Seattle."

On his beard:

"I think every wise person had a beard - Moses, Caesar, Genghis Khan - I'm not saying he was wise, he was a good leader - I was just like, 'Hey when I get a chance, I'm going to grow me a beard."

On explaining his beard to fans (on the Real Rob Report):

Bennett: "Its a little nappy....What’s wrong with it? Every wise person I know had a beard: Caesar, Jesus, Genghis Khan — you want me to keep going? — Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass …."

Teammate Clinton McDonald: "Hey, Frederick Douglass cut his beard off, I got many pictures of Frederick Douglass without his beard."

Bennett: "Man, I’m talking about when he had his beard."

McDonald: "That was a different story."

On perspective:

"Football is such a small thing. We make it so big. There are so many things going on in the world. If you’re a smart person. You take something and make it simple to yourself. As complex as football is, you line up against somebody and you outwill them."

On beating Green Bay in Week 1:

"I saw supposedly some of the best players in the league not want to tackle Marshawn Lynch. Of course, nobody's going to say nothing about that, but I saw a lot of guys whiff on tackles that should have been two-yard gains, and they're supposed to be the best. We had to prove that we're the best defense."

On NFL AM, on Marshawn Lynch contemplating holding out or retirement in June 2014:

"Come back, Marshawn, come back! We need you."

On what he would do if he was not in the NFL:

"I would study sociology. I like to study different cultures. I probably would write books about different cultures, go from country to country, live in a bunch of different places and study people and enjoy life. I travel every chance I get. In the offseason, I like to go to Hawaii with my wife and kids and just surf and fish and be one with nature."

On his Twitter handle @Mosesbread72

"I like Moses' beard, and I like bread. So it's @mosesbread72."

On winning the Superbowl (in Sports Illustrated):

"All wins feel exactly the same, it's like making love to your wife."

On his friends in the NFL:

"Just Benjamin and Franklin."

On Thanksgiving in Seattle:

You have quinoa, asparagus, kale, au gratin potatoes. If I'm home, we've got some gumbo, we've got some collard greens, we've got that stuffing, fried turkey, fried chicken, pork chops. That's all on one plate."

On the Seahawks' healthy green bean casserole at team meals:

"It's like eating fruit cake. I don't want to do it, I won't do it."

On pretending to be Russell Wilson to get a table at a restaurant:

"But they told me they were all booked up. I called them back a few minutes later. I said, 'Hey, this is Russell Wilson. I'll be attending your restaurant today. Do you have any tables?'

And she was like, 'Yes! We can make a table for you! You were 22-for-30 the other night, 130 quarterback rating!' She knew every stat.

I got to the restaurant with my wife and kids, I said, 'Oh, thank you. I'm Russell Wilson.' She was like, 'Good joke.' I said, 'Gotcha.' "

She took me to the table and they had it roped off. They had sparkling water and everything."

On teammate Jordan Hill, who has helped work on pass rushing skills, leading to Hill's 5.5 sacks in the last 6 games of the regular season in 2014:

"I feel like a proud father out there whenever I see him making plays."

On going to the White House:

"I was really trying to get the taxes lower, but that didn't work. It was neat to meet Obama too. I didn't get to teach him the sack dance, but he did want to play me in basketball."

On meeting the President:

"...I'm more excited to meet Michelle than Barack."

On having 3 daughters:

"I just bought a shotgun."

On his young daughter saying that Russell Wilson was her favorite player:

"What?! See, I've got to take her TV away. See if Russell Wilson will buy her a TV."

On when his daughters start dating:

"You knock on my door, I want to meet your parents, your gran daddy, I need to see your 401(k)."

On his favorite spot to eat in Seattle:

"Michael's BBQ is the best. I make it Texas-style."

On chicken:

"I'm the Michael Phelps of eating chicken, man. I've got eight chicken medals, man. In Beijing!"

On whether he can beat Pete Carroll in the team's pickup basketball games:

"I can beat coach Carroll in anything!"

On being a Free Agent:

"It’s all about which team wants you; every team says they want you but somebody has to open up the wallet and sign that check and it has to clear at Wells Fargo."

On all the flags the Seahawks got on Monday Night Football against the Redskins:

"I think the refs are selling jerseys online. They’re getting more air time Monday night than the players are."

Answering a question from Seattle radio host Dave "Softy" Mahler about playing against Packers RB Eddie Lacy:

"Yeah, Eddie Lacy is kind of built like you, man. He’s slightly...slightly a bit...a bit overweight."

On playing against his brother Martellus, TE of the Chicago Bears:

"I just tackle him, get him down the right way. I’ve got my niece to look after."

On playing against his brother:

"It’s going to be fun. It’s one of those things where you are going against your brother. You want to whup him. You want to beat him. And hopefully nobody gets hurt."

On what product endorsements he would do:

"A Rolls Royce. I’m never gonna shave, so I won’t be in a shaving commercial. But I’d be happy to be in a Rolls Royce commercial."

On how his brother reacted when he didn't sign with the Bears so that they could be on the same team:

"He's a little bummed. But hopefully he'll get over it. Once I showed him the Super Bowl ring he understood."

On Superbowl week:

"It’s just like being in the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory right now, All I see is cameras, lights and chocolates. I see some chocolate ladies."

On Saints TE Jimmy Graham who got into a skirmish before the Saints' loss in the playoffs to the Seahawks in January 2014, and why Graham was ineffective:

"Because he’s overrated. If he doesn’t get a chance to get the ball, that’s all he can really do — he doesn’t help in the blocking game — so I think he’s overrated and I’m not scared to say that on TV."

Answering a gray-haired reporter who asked about the effect 34-year-old veteran DT Kevin Williams had on Seattle’s defensive line.

"He probably feels like you when you’re around all these young journalists."

On Peyton Manning's speed:

"You see Peyton Manning. My sister could probably beat him in the (40-yard-dash)."

On the (lack of) importance of sacks:

"Show me all the guys with the top sacks who are playing right now," he said. "They’re all at home. You got your J.J. Watt. You got your Mario Williams. You got your Connor Barwin. Who else you got that have a lot of sacks? They’re all sitting at home right now watching us play. So obviously sacks aren’t that important"

On stats, the media and the pro bowl:

"It’s about winning. That’s all that matters is how you win the game. All the stats are for the media. Y’all can go out and do your fantasy football and say one guy is better than the other guy, you can say who’s All-Pro, who’s Pro Bowl. Playing in a Super Bowl is way better than a Pro Bowl I can guarantee you."

On sex before games:

"Today, I’m in. Tomorrow I’m out. I gotta call my wife and tell her to put the kids to bed early."

On how close the players on the Seahawks Defensive line are:

"We're so close that we share socks."

On how popular the Seahawks are in Seattle:

"Russell Wilson got pulled over and the cop got a ticket."

On how often he wears his Superbowl ring:

"Every fourth day."

On beating the Mark Sanchez led Eagles:

"You need to tell the Philadelphia police that they need to put an [APB] out...Because Sanchez is out there trying to impersonate a good quarterback."

On whether he got a chance to relax during the bye week:

"No not really because being a parent is an all day affair. With three girls, I was running around with them more than in the game."

On the Patrick Peterson vs. Richard Sherman debate (interrupting a Sherman interview after the Seahawks defeated Peterson's Cardinals):

"Patrick Peterson? We talking Richard Sherman!"

On the Hawks' similarities to the Carolina Panthers:

"It's so much alike, man. It's like you look at a girl who looks like you, and you find out it's your cousin, so you can't go on a date with her even though you'd like to, because she looks like you," Bennett said. "But then you see her friend, and her friend's really hot, and you're like, 'That's not my cousin,' so it's good."

On riding a police bike around the stadium after the NFC Championship:

"Best bike ride I've ever had."

Superbowl XLIX Media Day:

On Media day on Tuesday before Superbowl: "Today should be the sex cut-off day for the Patriots. It takes a lot of testerone to beat us."

On Media day: "I see a lot more black reporters here than I do in Seattle. Nice to see my color here doing work."

On Patriots' German-born Left Tackle Sebastien Vollmer: "He has that German strength"

On the legacy of the Seahawks defense: "I think we’ll be the Paul Bunyans of the NFL. We’ll be the best."

On prospect of beating Brady & Manning back-to-back: "It's like Madonna annnnnnnnnd Marilyn Monroe."

On what is it that will make Dan Quinn a good head coach: "Because he likes to drop his lower extremities in big games."

On butts: "I love my wife's booty, I think my wife has the best butt of all time."

To a reporter asking about testing the inflation of footballs: "You get paid to test balls these days, it seems like that's your job to test balls."

Later to that same reporter, after tossing him a football

"Enjoy the balls."

Reporter: "I will."

Bennett: "You look like you love balls."

On his preparation: "No sex on Wednesday. I save it all for Sunday, after the game."

On Deflategate: "Just propaganda to inflate the game (laughs).''

On why he isn't stressed: "I wake up every day and look in the mirror and say, ‘Damn, I look good,’ so I can’t be stressed."

On his beard: "I love my beard. Moses had one. Genghis Khan had one. Just good guys, man. Jesus had one too."

On his beard, again: "I just want to look like the richest homeless man in the world."

On reaching another Super Bowl: "It's like kissing a girl. It's always better the second time you do it."

On riding the police bike: "Black people can't steal any thing from police, bad things happen. So I never stole it, I borrowed it. That's the story I'm sticking to."

On Tom Brady: "I compare him to Captain America. I think about Aaron Rodgers, he's like Chris Evans before he got the HGH injection in Captain America. But before he was super smart and was still witty and stuff. That's how I see Tom Brady."

On the most handsome man in the world: "Behind Denzel, I'm the most attractive"

On covering Patriots tackle Nate Solder in pass coverage: "If he catches a pass, Kam (Chancellor) might knock him to next week."

On being in shape: "So many of the linemen are overweight. I'm in shape. I do Total Gym, so I can last a lot longer than them,"

On music choice: "I don't listen to Katy Perry. She doesn't do it for me. I'm more Beyoncé."

On his Superbowl ticket distribution criteria: "Did you pick me up as a kid? Do you know my favorite food? Did you give me a Chrismas present..."

On his Cowboy hat: "I have a cowboy hat on because my dream is to ride a horse at the Super Bowl."

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Please feel free to add to this list (We hope Bennett will during Superbowl week).