The only reason you get drafted or even looked at by the NFL is because they believe you can play at the next level ... if they believe I can do that, you know I believe I can do it.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

I grew up in the military. I've lived that life. I know that our soldiers are out there fighting for our right to vote, and they're out there fighting for other countries' rights to vote... Guys have been dying for it, and we have to go out and exercise it.

I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful.

For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do.

That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.