I want to be out there every play.
I love sports, and I'm a hugely competitive person.
Anything that's truly competitive, I love.
You can't be a tight end and just be viewed as a receiver.
It truly takes a village to become a professional athlete.
It's not a goal of mine to only play 45 percent of snaps. It's to be on the field for every single play.
It's awesome being married to Julie, being able to support the people we love doing what they love to do.
Brent Celek is a heck of a blocker, James Casey is a heck of a blocker.
I've never played this game for financial success.
I don't care about the money. Honestly. All I care about is winning football games.
That's something that I do pride myself on: making those tough and contested catches, whether it's in the red-zone or on third down.
I want to be the guy in the red-zone, believe me.
My relationship with Jesus has changed my life and, really, the foundation of who my wife and I are as people.
I can't dwell on having a couple drops. It's going to happen - it's the NFL.
Big hits are part of the game. So, paramount to every time I train is just to focus on staying healthy and doing everything I can to stay healthy.
Being a tight end, you have to be able to do everything. You have to be able to run routes; you have to be able to block, pass-protect, and run with the ball after a catch. So, that's how I attack my workouts - focusing on doing everything.
I love football, but I also want to give back. I want to take care of kids and single moms, so it's not only about playing football. I want my life to matter in that way.
I don't want to be viewed as a weakness in any means. I don't want to be viewed as a weakness in the passing game. I definitely don't want to be viewed as a weakness in the running game.
