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.

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

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

My goal was to prove to my family I wasn't a dummy.

I am awake a lot of nights.

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