Athlete

Salaries should be set based on production and contributions, not positions.

My mom and stepdad had such open hearts, they taught me to like bringing people into my home. I'm not guarded about it.

What made me so different is they would use me all over the place instead of the traditional tight end where you're taking off right next to the left tackle or right tackle. They would split me out wide and put everybody on the other side and throw me jump balls, they'd throw slants.

I think when you give, that's probably the highest form of living. It's better than almost any feeling you could think of. It's way better than scoring touchdowns to me.

When you go through those hard times, that's when you ask those questions that normally you wouldn't. If you win, you don't ask questions. You don't worry about it.

It didn't seem fair that no matter how many passes I caught or how many touchdowns I scored, I was considered a 'lowly tight end' and would never be paid anywhere close to a salary as high as the elite wide receivers.

Records are made to be broken. I got to break them, and now it's up to somebody else.

Chiefs fans know how I feel about them and so do the Atlanta Falcons fans.

I love Atlanta, even the city.

I want to go to the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl.

I don't want to be one of those players towards the end - nothing against those guys who've done it like that in the past - but I want to make sure that I'm at the top of my game when I do go out.

I try to be me. I don't have anything to hide.

When you can actually go out and touch somebody's life and have an impact on them and help them for their future, there's nothing else like it.

What's more important than your nutrition? What's more important than workin' out? It begins with gettin' a good night's sleep.

Would I have been a great basketball player? No. But I think I would've been a good basketball player, one of those grinders getting eight to 10 rebounds. I would've been like Kobe and been in the gym five to seven hours a day and never missed a 10-foot jump shot. I would've been a great role player for a team.

The Super Bowl obviously wasn't in my cards, and I'm OK with that.

I can't dwell on the past. It's over, there's nothing I can do about it.

I've seen guys retire and then say they don't feel their career was complete without a Super Bowl. They play that woulda-coulda game in their heads. Not me.

When I was younger, let's face it, Latinos in the league were almost always kickers. But Anthony Munoz was definitely a guy I looked up to.

Our goal isn't to go undefeated. Like, 'Hey, we're going to have an undefeated season.' Our goal is to win every game we're playing. And there's a difference.