Here are some of the best Bucs quotes following their first training camp practice of 2021 at the AdventHealth Training Center.

Bucs head coach Bruce Arians on rookie WR Jaelon Darden returning from a hamstring injury

“Oh, he’s fine. He just dropped too many damn passes. He gets wide ass open; he’s just got to catch it every time. And he’s got great hands, so I think it was just a little nerves.”

Bucs head coach Bruce Arians on when the team can begin to practice in full pads

“I think this year we can’t go for seven days. We have to go four in shorts, two in spiders and then another two in spiders, and I don’t know how many days off we get. They can’t come on soon enough for me.”

Bucs head coach Bruce Arians on how he would describe the week with the White House visit and the Super Bowl ring ceremony

“It’s over. It’s over. That’s last year. That’s last year. I’m not wearing mine.”

Bucs WR Mike Evans on the mindset after Tom Brady said that his favorite Super Bowl ring is the next one

“It has to be the mindset. You can’t get complacent. We won last year but today starts a new season. We’re the defending champs but we’re not the champs of this season, yet. We have to keep working to try and reach that goal again.”

Bucs RB Leonard Fournette on practicing in front of the fans again

“It just shows you that football is coming back the real way with having fans. That’s a part of our job. They fuel us up in games and things like that. It was a whole different environment in there. It brought a lot of energy to the field.”

Bucs CB Carlton Davis on his goals for 2021, which is his contract year

“I want to be feared as a corner to all opposing quarterbacks and offensive coordinators. I want to continue to help this secondary grow as a group and just work off each other. For myself, just continue to build with what I did last year. I just want to get better like I said earlier, working on everything I wasn’t as good at and just continue to get better as an athlete.”

Bucs rookie CB Cameron Kinley on his long-awaited journey from the Navy to the NFL

“I’m definitely very thankful to be back out here getting a chance to compete and fly around with the organization. It was a good feeling. I felt like a little kid strapping the pads up again for the first time, so I’m very happy to be back.”