I have often said social media is a race to the bottom.
A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I really retired primarily because of a degenerative back condition that I had.
Years ago, the NFL influenced what happened in college. It's the other way around now.
When you start looking at guys like Brett Favre, for instance, and other great quarterbacks that have played - Peyton Manning - you say, 'Gosh, how will these guys be replaced?'
I don't think I can fully explain what happens when you take on the role of quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes, I can't even explain it to myself.
I consider myself to be one of the really, really fortunate ones to have gotten out of the game as healthy as I did.
As the equipment has gotten better - and it's gotten better in an attempt to try to protect the player more - then the equipment becomes used more as a weapon.
When you stand and talk about player safety, and then, at the same time, you want to extend the season two more games, there's a contradiction in there.
It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.
I've said for many, many years, as long as I can ever remember, when I'm asked, 'Hey, what do you look for first in a quarterback?' The first thing I look for is accuracy, because the rest of it doesn't matter.
I'll never forget when I was 12 years old. I couldn't wait until the day I was 16 and could drive a car. I thought that'd be the end of life's problems. I mean, you can drive! What is there left? And then I turned 16 and realized there were still problems.
I believe - and this is my opinion - that at some point, football is not going to be the No. 1 sport. You talk about the ebbs and flows of what's popular and what's not. At some point, the TV ratings are not going to be there.
I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.
I think having won a Super Bowl puts you on a different level. I know, for me, it's extremely important to win this ballgame.
The quarterback I enjoy watching the most is Dan Marino.
The thing I've always liked about the playoffs is the finality of it and knowing there's so much importance on every play.
Most of the pressure, if not all, is self-imposed.
If you're healthy and you're told that you're capable of playing and the medical staff signs off on it, to me, you play because that's what you are paid to do.
I'm happy to do some endorsements if I believe in the product. You're only in this game a short time, and you want to collect the money while you can.
I'm not an open person. Something's really got to be troubling me to have heart to heart talks with anybody.
