I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.

When you look at guys who get recruited, most of the best athletes, they come from poor families. I don't forget. I was a junior looking through my mother's stuff and looked at her bank statement, and we had $30 in the bank.

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

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.

Football isn't who we are, it doesn't necessarily define us. It's part of our life and it always will be, but football won't define us. Excellence does.

I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.

Most of the hits I take come on top of the shoulder pads.