Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.

I grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome.

Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and I gave up a long time ago trying to predict the future and trying to deal with things I couldn't deal with.

I've been pretty fortunate.

The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out.

I'm thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing that I am most proud of throughout my career is that, not only myself, but my family and the people around me have just been regular people, which we are.

Even in past years, when I wasn't in the Super Bowl, I wished I was.