"Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability." — Emmitt Smith

There's a lot of dancing in football. You can see Victor Cruz doing a little bit of a cha-cha or samba move in the end zone. You can see Terrell Owens getting his popcorn ready. You can see Ochocinco doing the riverdance. But not so much when it comes to ballroom.

Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.

I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?

I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.

My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

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Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.