You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.
As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.
To win, you have to lose, and then get pissed off.
I am a football fan, yeah.
You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.