I heard that all the time. ‘He makes it look too easy, he doesn’t run hard.’ It was always a slight on me.

I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They tried to get her to have an abortion and she refused. So, my 'mama' adopted me, which was really her great aunt, which was really my great-great aunt, who was named Viola Dickerson. I was told that my mother was my sister.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I'm a worrywart.

I love the sport but it's definitely taken a toll on me. The first two years after I retired I was in pain and couldn't even sit in a chair for 2 years. 2 years! You want a sport that takes care of you the way you take care of the sport.

When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired.

Playing the running back position, your legs, that's your living, that's how you make your living. You have to have great thighs, knees, everything.