To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.

That was probably one of the things that if I look back at my career and say what is something I would try and do a little bit differently, I’d try and be a little bit more loose playing the game. Have a little more fun doing it.

It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.

Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.

In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.