I led the NFL in attempts the past two years and they really didn’t go out and get a quarterback to help me so I knew it’s going to be all on me again. I could see my mortality as a football player, that I’m not going to be able to do this much longer. It just became obvious to me that playing football for me is not going to be fun, not something I’m going to enjoy and it’s time for me to do something different.

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

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun.

And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke.

I got high, and forgot I wasn't supposed to get high.

I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.