My faith is so strong that I believe that God made me 5-11 for a reason. For all the kids that have been told, no, that they can't do it, or all the kids that will be told no.

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there.

In terms of professionally what I want to do, I want to play 15-plus more years, get to the Hall of Fame, and win a lot of championships and all that. I'd love to be the owner of a team one day. But it's way bigger than that. For me, my vision is how can I affect somebody positively every day? When you focus on other people, somehow good things happen to you. I think that's my goal. That's my vision.

I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl? So in speaking to our football team earlier in the year, I said, 'Why not us? Why can't we be there?'

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose.

I believed that I could go to the Super Bowl and win multiple Super Bowls and do all of those things. I believe in that every day.

Ultimately, I think authenticity is always key, no matter what you do in life. It's also key to the branding side of things.