Getting hurt and watching Tom Brady take over and beginning what's been just a spectacular run of his, and to come back and play in the AFC Championship Game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and help us win that game, is a memory that stands out very clearly.

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.

You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity.

The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.

I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing.

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.

I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice.