If you want to stay perfect, you cannot go undefeated with a blemish on your record.

Consistency shows value. It breeds trust. You know that I'm going to show up every week.

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.

I don't have to get up in the morning and go beat up my body like I used to. I don't have to be out there in August in 108 degree weather down in Texas.

School is not easy for kids and football wasn't easy for me... but if it's something you truly believe in, it's something you've got to fight for and be willing to do what you need to do make it work.

My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.

I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.