But when Gronk scores - it was like his eighth touchdown of the year - he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball. I love that, because I like the deflated ball. But I feel bad for that football, because he puts everything he can into those spikes.

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped.

I feel like I've always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play.

I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.

With football, you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two-game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

You go through high school and college the same way: never listening to your coaches because you're the best. But when you get to the pros, all that stops because everybody there has talent.