You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you.

As you get older, you look at things differently.

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.

The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have fun and put it in a different way.

Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.

I think the 16 years that I spent in Green Bay speaks for itself.

If I were to make a list, I would include the interceptions, the sacks, the really painful losses. Those times when I've been down, when I've been kicked around, I hold on to those. In a way those are the best times I've ever had, because that's when I've found out who I am. And what I want to be.