If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important.

You can have an impact anywhere you are.

I said all along that God is in control.

I've always talked to players about perception and reality. I don't worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen.

Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better

The game has changed since the '70s as more coaches have looked at ways to make it tougher on defenses. But I'm glad my career turned out the way it did - I would have never gotten a chance to learn the defensive side of the ball.

God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.