Athlete

Before I got injured, football was very easy, I didn't have to work out.

I've been boxing for a while now, and I probably could fight a little bit if I wanted to.

I know that every team likes a guy who's going to try their best and work very hard.

I knew that I wasn't the smartest kid in school, but I knew that I had a way to get out if I did the right things in sports.

As long as you train and love to compete, you can do whatever you want.

I watch what I eat a little during the week.

I'm not a talker unless I really feel I have to say something.

I want to show guys that when they get up in age, if you love the game and you go out and work hard, it shouldn't matter what age you are.

I try to do two workouts three times a week.

My mom, how she raised me, my brothers, my cousins, when I was a kid with one bedroom for 12 people... You think about all that, and God blessed me to get somewhere and do something I love and do something I've done since I was a kid. And blessed me with the talent to do it.

When I see a guy on the football field huffing and puffing, I know I got an advantage over him.

I've been doubted my whole life, especially coming out of college with the injuries I had.

My coaches respect me - the way I come to work, practice and play.

I don't want to just be part of a team, I want to help a team, and I don't want anyone to say I rode the bench to get a ring.

Every time I got opportunities, I did something with it.

Whatever I feel like I'm good at, I try my best to do.

My first year playing Pop Warner football, my mom had to change my birth certificate because I was too young. I was 5, I think, and you were supposed to be 6.

You think about when I went to Miami. I played as a freshman, I go in and compete to be a starter, I tear my ACL. Come back, I start, I get off to a good couple of games and I get hurt again. You hear everybody saying, 'Oh, he's done.' I get drafted in the third round. People still said I got drafted too high, saying I'll only play three years.

I've been through so much. I mean, after an ACL, you have to learn how to walk again, how to run again, you have to get your head strong again.

I've been blessed to make pretty good money over the years.