It's a really interesting and diverse business. You're a farmer first, then a winemaker, then you're onto marketing and distribution. So it's multi-faceted and really engaging. I've learned more in the last couple years than in the ten prior to that, so it's been pretty interesting.

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.

I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is.

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

I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.

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

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