Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.

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.

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.

Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to them, and they don't like that. In football, you get that all the time. The whole mental makeup is different.

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

I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?