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

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.

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

If you know where your next meal is coming from, you are not poor.

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.

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

Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter.