Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.

Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.

Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard, and that's it.

The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.

I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.

We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.

Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.