The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.

Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.

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

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone.

There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.

Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.