Football Player

Negative social media can ruin a player. Reading your mentions? It's poison.

I have a deep desire to have success, to play a high level, and to win championships.

Being a fan of the game, you always look up to those types of guys that really have given you an opportunity.

My parents getting divorced gave me the opportunity to play for my granddad and to meet my wife. I fell in the draft but I ended up in Dallas.

My game's really never referenced as shake 'n' bake.

I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees.

Since I was 15 or 16 years old, my grandfather was my high school football coach and my life's been ball. Dinners we're talking about ball and college we're talking about ball.

Aaron Rodgers, he throws that back-shoulder throw so well.

There's nothing better than having a positive impact on kids.

That's what a team does is stay together.

So much is made of catches and doing all of that. But inside a team, the things you remember are the moments when nobody thinks you can do it and you try to rally your team and try to add some inspiration for them.

I just want to exhaust every opportunity to play and obviously try to play in a game like this - the Super Bowl.

My job is to be able to perform for three hours or three and a half hours every Sunday and I've got to work my tail off to get to the point where I can do it, and that's what motivates me.

I don't believe in moral victories. I don't think in pro ball they exist, and they shouldn't exist.

I believe in myself.

My career has been defined, in a good way, on the option route. And a lot of times, it's a bang-bang play. It's a great play because it can convert first downs. But at the same time, you don't get a lot of those opportunities in the open field.

Look, you cannot try to be somebody that you're not.

Look, I had a great experience in the booth. I saw a different perspective.

I think Tony Gonzalez always set the standard. He was the guy that, I think for all of us, when I came in that was really kinda taking this league over as the tight end position. I think Shannon Sharpe was another one.

Wins in this league are precious.