I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink.

I want to make someone's life better because I'm here. If you have that attitude it will change your day and change your life.

Mom used to quote Isaiah 64: about waiting on the Lord. It doesn't mean being complacent. It means understanding that he has a plan, and that we're not the ones in control. In the meantime, we need to strive to use our gifts and abilities fully.

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.

You and I were created by God to be so much more than normal…Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end it’s a loser’s game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else.

The media will make a controversy out of anything, if they can.