Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our American culture has made it out that that's what life needs to be - and that if it's not that, it's all screwed up. It's not.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to.

Football is a contact sport and there's a lot that goes into it. But I have committed myself for a long time to doing it, and because I love doing it so much I want to make that commitment.

I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake.