I'm a cocky sumb**itch. That's what makes me such a great player.

Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.

I'll tell you, there were only a few games in my career where I was totally oblivious to everything around me, where I was in the zone.

Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls.

There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out.

And once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price.

When you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I'm making popcorn.