Football Player

To me, no doctor can determine when it's your time to go. God really knows, and He's the only one who can really give you the day. You just have to keep the faith and live the best you can each day.

I'm definitely not a track guy playing football. I'm a football guy that just happens to jump really far.

My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological father. And the guy I consider my dad, he was incarcerated for a crime he didn't even commit, which is part of the reason I protest.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

I'm tough. I have taken on hits, I've blocked. I even got MVP for blocking one game and I didn't even touch a ball that game.

I can't dwell on something that has nothing to do with football at all - it will hold me back.

Like you see in the fairy tales, that's how it planned out in my head. Kids, little white picket fence, the American dream.

I can't dwell on something that has nothing to do with football at all - it will hold me back.

If you have to cheat to win, it doesn't mean as much as if you did it on natural abilities and hard work.

Football is my deal. Track is my fun.

I like track and field for the simple reason that I determine my own outcome. I don't rely on my coach or the president or the CEO making a decision. I'm kind of like the CEO of my own corporation.

My sister means the world to me.

My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological father. And the guy I consider my dad, he was incarcerated for a crime he didn't even commit, which is part of the reason I protest.

Who am I just to give up on track? This is something I've dreamed about since I was 9 years old, being an Olympic champion.

I told myself at some point that I've got to hold it down for my family. I can't let work and the check and the money dictate decisions that I truly want to make.

If Deja wasn't my sister, I feel like I would still be motivated but not in the way that I am today. Having a disabled sister, that's a lot more motivation, especially when she tells you growing up that she wishes she can be out there with the kids playing and she wishes she can be out there running around.

I know I'm a dog. I'm a beast especially when it comes to long jump.

They drafted me in the third round to come play receiver, return some kicks and that's my job. The Olympics are behind me and I'm just looking forward to helping the Bills.

After choosing football so many times, I feel like I'm inclined to make the right decision by finally choosing my family first, and that's real talk.

I'm always hesitant to make any serious moves because you never know how the N.F.L. will treat you, you know?