Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the applause is something every young athlete needs to learn. ... I think it served me well to learn how to handle everything that came with the game's ups and downs. Some people call it growing another layer of skin. I just call it growing up.

Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system.

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

Nobody can make you a loser.

If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.

You get into feeling like you are in a zone. You can't be stopped. It's a good feeling but it never lasts.