I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.
What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.
If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.
I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.
I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.
Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.
The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.
What's fun is how laid-back everything is. It's always great to get in the end zone, but it's especially great to do it against the best players in the world with millions of people watching.