It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.

I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.

There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.

I've seen a lot of people jump on and off my bandwagon.

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

But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was.

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.