If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good.

It's never been about football, but about becoming the best and fullest person I could be. And to think that I went from the kid with a GPA in the basement to going to college on a football scholarship-I was thankful and humbled by how far I'd come in just a few years. I knew that miracles really do happen.

It’s true that we can’t help the circumstances we’re born into and some of us start out in a much tougher place than other people. But just because we started there doesn’t mean we have to end there.

That’s why courage is tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you’re doing something. I mean, any fool can have courage. But honor, that’s the real reason you either do something or you don’t. It’s who you are and maybe who you want to be.

I came so far- from nothing to a Super Bowl championship

You should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.

If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good.