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

I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.

One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.

Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.

I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to.

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.

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.