Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.

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.

The regular season games are much more intense. And also, I believe that in 16 games, some teams separate themselves. The good teams separate themselves from the not-so-good teams. The longer the season is, the bigger that separation will get.

We have a whole generation of men who don't understand how much they mean to their kids.

It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.

Sometimes I think God wants there to be a circus so we can show there's another way to respond.