 Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on. |
| You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you. |
| I'm not perfect. Topics: Short |
| The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out. Topics: Sports |
| I know it's not a one man team win or lose. |
| I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside. |
| If I can change than anyone can change. I promise you that. |
| And having a strong family, you know we've lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a good family and kids all those things I thought at one time... you got to be kidding me... Those things are so important they enable you to go on. |
| Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle. |
| Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy. |
| It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape. |
| Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me. |
| So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad. |
| I consider adversity being good sometimes you know. |
| With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances. |
| It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that. |
| I'm thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing that I am most proud of throughout my career is that, not only myself, but my family and the people around me have just been regular people, which we are. |
| But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was. |
| The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have fun and put it in a different way. |
| Well even before she was diagnosed with the cancer, I would have said that she was a lot tougher than me and most guys would probably say that about their wives and it's probably true in most cases. |
