People think I played 10 years. I played 68 ball games.

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

I have no idea what I did. I heard people talk about dead leg, shake, change of pace and all that, but I did things without thinking about them.

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.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

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.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.