The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.

You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.

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.

I think there are [gay players] right now, and if they're looking for a window to just come out, I mean, now is the window. My view on it is, yes, I am a Christian, but to each his own. You do what you want to do.

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

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.

Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens.