I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.

When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.

I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.

If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.

I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.

Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

I recognize the inequities certain cultures have to go through. I understand the history of slavery. I know all those things. But I'm not a victim. I can vote, I can participate, I can invest my money, I can invest my time, and that's what I'm doing. I'm not working for anybody. I'm not making any money doing what I'm doing. I'm doing it because someone did it for me.