Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is something I was made for. I gave the game all I could for as long as I could. I guess my only regret was that my career was too short.

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.

I worked hard at becoming a professional football player, just like society says you should. It said you had to be fierce. I was fierce. Tough. I was tough.

My thing is trying to convince them they can win.

If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me, I'd retire - like Secretariat.