The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues.

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.

The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot.

To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are on. I'm just saying there's some famous people, and I'm not the only one.

It has all happened so quickly, but it's exciting, I just wanna get back to playing football you know.

The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues.