Whenever I do the sign of the cross, it always brings comfort in situations when you are faced with adversity and stress.

I really enjoy surfing a lot. It's an awesome sport. With surfing there are no mind games versus Peyton Manning, or versus anyone else. It's not me trying to throw a certain shot put further - or to put a ball in a hoop, it's just me against mother nature.

The barefoot component of my training is about strengthening the toes.

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

Football doesn’t define me. It’s what I do [and] how I carry out my faith.

I take pride in my life-my wife, my family. I try my best not to have football define the person that I am.

There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.