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.

Every day is not perfect.

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

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

The good teams are good at what they do.

Every game I've ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me, and I laid it all on the line.

I didn't know what to expect coming into this year. There were a lot of question marks, and I think that's obvious now. Can we overcome it? Time will tell.