We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

As a father of seven kids, and been a kid myself at one point, I realize you don't always make the best decisions every time out. And life is a learning experience.

First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving.

What you do is not as important as how you do it.

The further I get away from coaching, the more I know I made the right decision. You almost forget how wonderful family life is.

I think I've got a responsibility to be home a little bit more, be available to my family a little bit more and do some things to help make our country better. I don't know what that is right now, but we'll see.