I played the game for 20 years, and I think that kept me on the football field, being adjusted. Getting hit so many times, being all out of whack, and going in to see my chiropractor kept me back on the football field.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green - these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.

I used to help out my father, a bricklayer, in the summer. I'd catch the bricks (that were dropped). And it made me strong, catching those bricks. I wouldn't change anything about it. That's why I'm where I am today. Really.