My agent said, 'Jerry, Dancing With the Stars - they want you on there.' I said, 'Ain't no way. I'm not going to do that.' Then he came back to me again, and he kept putting pressure on me. I said, 'All right, I'll give it a try.'

Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.

I was always in search of a perfect game and I never got it.

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

I think just what my parents instilled in me was hard work and being able to always go out there and focus and be 100%. I took that work ethic into the NFL and everyday I always gave 100% and never wanted anything to be handed to me. I wanted to earn it. And every time I stepped on that football field during practice I wanted to leave that football field with learning something about what the practice was about for me that day...

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

People would look at me weird. You know, like, 'Why is this guy's hands always in his pockets?' But I was embarrassed by the size of my hands.