If I'm going to play, it's going to be 100-percent commitment.

Every day is not perfect. You have your bad days and good days just like anyone else. You do not want to talk to people sometimes. It is normal.

Well even before she was diagnosed with the cancer, I would have said that she was a lot tougher than me and most guys would probably say that about their wives and it's probably true in most cases.

Every day is not perfect.

If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.

In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.

I knew I needed surgery and I didn't want to have it and I ended up having it.