I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.

I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seasons. Let me finish it first.

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.

I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.