Pain is one of life's great lessons. You need to know how you'll react to the negatives in your life. Only then will you learn from the pain, and the next time it happens, you can speed up your healing process.

When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.

For an athlete, there's no time off until it's over.

I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while.

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

No one will ever win four [Super Bowls] in six years again. It won't happen. You can chisel that sucker in stone.

Fans are fans. I hated and loved them, hated and loved them, hated and loved them.