When there's a pattern of mistakes, something has got to change.

I've spent my life following my passion.

This is an opportunity to create a better future for the NFL, to improve the game for our fans, and to expand the economic benefits for the players and teams. Staying with the status quo is not an option. The world has changed for everyone, including the NFL and our fans. We must get better in everything we do ... If both sides compromise and give a little, everyone will get a lot, especially the fans.

It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL. It is the only place I have ever wanted to work.

I don't expect to try to get people to like everything I do. I want them to respect what I do.

You have to continue to learn. That's how you develop. So the people who show that curiosity, that ambition, that willingness to do what it takes to improve and to get better, they're the people who are going to be successful in the long term.

It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that.