“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.”

“I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.”

“As you get older, you look at things differently.”

“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. ”

“I'm not perfect. ”

“It's been six years since I have had a drink and I have two girls, and my priorities are a lot different now and I just can't believe I was that guy. And I would not go back, I would not trade the way I am now for anything.”

“Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy. ”

“That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened. ”

“Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.”