I was a history undergrad, and there's some things I could do in academics or business.
Obviously, not the biggest guy in stature. Straight-line speed wasn't my forte either. But I play very fast because I know the game. I take proper angles and know all my assignments.
I don't do interviews without a collared shirt.
You can't be in the locker room reading 'League of Denial.'
My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.
Football is an elective. It's a game. It's make-believe. And to think that people have brain damage from some made-up game.
There are Hall of Famers at 5'11'' and 5'9''.
If you turn on the film, I can play.
Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.
People think that athletes have it great, and we do in a lot of regard, but universities make a hell of a lot of money off of players. You don't get a free education: you work full-time year round for five years for an education you could pay for three times over if you just got your market value.
I'm more athletic than people think.
I think I'd be a good pass-catching fullback.
The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could go right in football, and it's still dangerous.
A generation of men really built the NFL and gave guys like me a shot, and a lot of these guys are left out in the cold by the league and forgotten.
I don't consider football fun. It's not like a water park or a baseball game.
I would never call myself anti-football. I think I'm pro-information, pro-people making informed individual choices, pro-health, so for that reason, personally, I'm apathetic towards football. But at the same time, I think we can retain some civility, and I understand why people support and love it.
I enjoyed playing, and I've got a full and happy life now, so it's not like I'm looking back longingly at my time in football.
Punishment for doing your job well is an unparalleled professional pressure.
If I was a marginal guy or a practice squad player or a career-long special teamer, you take a hell of a lot less hits in those roles.
I loved football. I'm so glad I played. But I didn't think it was wise for me to play longer.
