Ozzie Newsome hit a home run by drafting Bernard Pierce. He is a great compliment to Ray Rice.

Once the game begins, I play to that song in my head. I run to rhythm, and that allows my mind to be free.

I'm not a big power-and-strength guy, but I have a lot of balance, and I can take hits and stay on my feet. I control myself real good, shift my weight, and run real low. I do things that people haven't seen some of the running backs in the league do.

When things are not going right, where are the leaders to pull this team together? That leadership sometimes, you just can’t find it. If one of your leaders is the guy who throws five interceptions [in one game], you have an issue.

I didn't always walk that straight line. I'm not going to say that I'm an angel. But I made some right decisions along the way.

Once it's in you to being a starter, you always want to be that. But you understand the circumstances and you understand what you can and can't do. And that's the reality of it.

I'd not only be cheating myself, but I'd be cheating my teammates if I continued to make the money that I was making and wasn't producing or putting out to the level of payment that I was receiving. That's just me.