In a way, I am what they say I am. I am a hard-ass. I'm hard to get along with. Most of the time I'm moody. All that's true. I got no problem with people saying that.

I'm from West Virginia. If you didn't know what was happening in NASCAR, you were on the outside. NASCAR is a big league sport, but it's still also country and redneck.

I've always just loved to play football, even if it was street football, like razzle-dazzle.

The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar.

What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.

I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.'

My concentration and focus level tends to go down sometimes when I'm in a bad mood.