It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul.

I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.

I started practicing yoga. I started learning some hands-on healing stuff. And I found really good chiropractors, really good massage therapists, and what I found is I've been able to actually peel off layers of trauma on my body and actually move better now than I did.

I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.

I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.

Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself.

I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.