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.

I don't give players a chance to hit me.

I don't love football the way I once loved the game. I don't look at it as fun anymore, and it definitely used to be fun. A lot of the fun has been taken away from it, I guess, because you go through so much on the field and off the field.

It doesn't matter if you want to be in the NFL or do something else. If you want something great, you won't get it sitting around.

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

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.

I hated the goggles, don’t get me wrong, but I felt naked without them. Almost like playing without a helmet.