In the NFL they talk about "contracts," but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.

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

Them sportswriters don't even know how to put uniforms on, most of 'em.

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.

When I loved it, I loved it. It was nothing better.

Life isn't about a hand-out. That's not what the NFL is about and that won't get you in the NFL or take care of you once you're out of the NFL. You have to work.

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.