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Lions safety Glover Quin flies in for a tackle of Washington's Jordan Reed during a Week 3 game. (Associated Press)

ALLEN PARK -- Glover Quin signed with the Detroit Lions in the offseason and has proved to be a valuable addition.

The safety has played every snap and already has snagged two interceptions heading into Sunday's showdown at Green Bay. That matches teammate Louis Delmas and others for the most in the NFL at the position.

Quin is considered a pro's pro around the locker room. Here's a little more about him, his time working at Burger King and his positionmate's odd pet. (Not that you should expect anything less from Delmas.)

[Previously: S Louis Delmas, WR Ryan Broyles, DT C.J. Mosley, OL Larry Warford]

MLive: Who drives the coolest car on the team?

Lions safety Glover Quin picks off a Jay Cutler pass during a win Sunday against the Bears.

Quin: It's a little different here, because for one a lot of guys around the league have every-day cars for practice, and then some guys have game-day vehicles. They pull out the nice stuff on game day. I don't know here though, because we have a valet parking situation at Ford Field, so you don't really get to see stuff.

In Houston, we had a players' lot. So as I'm walking to my vehicle, I can see, 'Man, (Matt) Schaub's driving this today? OK. And Andre (Johnson's) driving this today? OK.' You can see everyone's vehicle.

MLive: What was Andre's game-day car?

Quin: Andre used to love driving a Bentley. And he had a Maybach he used to drive. Schaub used to drive an Aston Martin.

MLive: Just on game days?

Quin: Schaub would drive the Aston Martin a lot, but he used to drive a BMW to work every day. And some days he'd pull out the Aston Martin. Game days, he was pulling out the Aston Martin.

MLive: What do you drive?

Quin: I got a Yukon Denali and I got an Infiniti M37. I drive the car back and forth to work, because I got a little piece to drive, and the truck has a TV in it, so my wife has that for the kids. On game day I let my wife drive the vehicle and she valet parks. We ride together.

MLive: Who drives the worst car on the team?

Quin: Probably Jonte (Green). He got a used Benz that probably needs two new axles. [laughing]

MLive: What's the silliest thing you've spent money on?

Quin: I would have to say my pool table. I don't buy much. I bought my house, I bought my cars, I got TVs and stuff in my house, but other than that, not much. It cost about $6,000, $7000.

MLive: You ever use it?

Quin: See, you ask me that question and probably five years from now I'll have an answer because by then my boys will be older and they can use it a whole lot more. But I tend to not just go play by myself, so it kind of just sits there.

MLive: What was the first thing you bought after making the league?

Glover Quin, left, is mobbed by teammate Bill Bentley after an interception Sunday against Chicago.

Quin: I bought my truck and my wife's wedding ring. It was a jewelry store in Houston called Nazar's.

MLive: What's the biggest misconception about the NFL lifestyle?

Quin: How hard it is. I think a lot of fans see gamedays on Sunday. Flashy cars, flashy commercials. The media's not allowed to be at practice during the actual work, so all they see is the individual stuff where guys are playing around and stretching. Makes it look like a whole lot of fun. They don't ever see us in the meeting rooms for five or six hours, they don't see the training room, they don't see the things guys have to do to just to get to play on Sundays. All they know is, 'Hey, it looks like fun to play in the NFL.' Not saying it's not fun, but there's a whole lot more to it than just Sundays. Sunday is the fun part, but Monday through Saturday is a whole lot tougher.

MLive: What time do you get to the building on an average workday?

About 6 a.m. Go to training room, or to the weight room and work out. Back to the film room and watch some film. Then eat some breakfast and get ready to go. I'm here about 10 or 11 hours a day.

MLive: That's almost like having a real job. Ever have one of those?

Quin: I worked at Burger King. Summer after my junior year, going into my senior year of high high (in Summit, Miss.). Was making $5.15 an hour -- and I quit, because they weren't paying me enough. I was there only about six months. Just trying to earn some spending money.

MLive: That wasn't very long. How'd you quit?

Quin: It was getting ready for a district tournament in basketball, so I knew I was going to need some time off for the tournament. So I told them, 'It's kind of like a two-week notice, but I need two weeks off for this tournament anyway. And I ain't coming back when I'm done. So just know, hey, I need two weeks off and then I'm done. I'm not coming back.'"

MLive: That's pretty epic. What was it like working there?

Quin: People don't realize when you get to the window, and you're at the speaker, why they keep rushing you is because you have a service time. They're supposed to order fast, you're supposed to get them the food fast, and they're supposed to be gone so the next car can get their food fast. So the hardest part for me was working drive-thru and, back then, I'm trying to take orders and I'm trying to fix drinks and I'm trying to move these cars so the serve time would be good. And just dealing with people who didn't know what they wanted on their food and running up my service time and it's just tough. It was frustrating, I will say.

MLive: This might sound a little cliche, but now that you're in the NFL and making millions and driving fancy cars, does that history doing a job like that help you appreciate what you have now and how far you've come?

Quin: I think back to it. When I was working at Burger King, I felt like I was working too hard for what they were paying me, and that's why I found another job. But there will be times now when I go back home and I drive by that Burger King and I tell my wife, 'Man, babe, that's where I started at.' And I really say, 'You know what? I started at the bottom, and now I'm here.'

I started at Burger King, and I knew then that I was working too hard for the amount of money I was being paid and knew I wanted to do something different. I told her I was going to take a picture in front of it and tweet it. Be like, 'hey, this is where I started.' Next time I go back I'm gonna take a picture in front of it.

MLive: Who's got the weirdest pet on the team?

Quin: Lou (Delmas) got a damn alligator. He's a weird dude.

MLive: In Miami, right? Not here?

Quin: No man, here. He's got an alligator. Name's Mojo. Got it in a cage in his house.