In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.

You can't go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on Sunday.

The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game.

It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.

Certainly I accept my role and responsibility as a public figure and a lot of it you take the good with the bad, dealing with different adversities in life, you just try to do the best you can do.

In sports you often become part of something greater than yourself.

I'd be that James Bond character from the Beautyrest commercial that we did. Maybe some day.