I'm not the only guy who doesn't have an independent wrestling background. You know, I have a football background, but I also have a wrestling one.

I wasn't that excited about football when I was young, but it did become my passion.

I'd like to be in a position to have plays run through me and share the ball, make plays. Still score, obviously, but make plays, as well.

Both of my sons used to coach high school football. When they started, I'd say things I shouldn't have. So I learned my lesson.

I don't think any of my teachers know much about football. Pretty much every teacher I have is foreign, and UCLA's a brilliant mix of minds from all over the world.

Football is a great environment for a movie because there is such passion for it and so much adrenaline.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

I've just been playing football for a long time. I've been playing football since I was a little kid, so it's just some natural blessings that God has blessed me with to get to the ball and understand what I've been doing over the years.

You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in and be stiff.

I am more mature now and know how to deal with certain situations in football. It's not all about highs; there are also lows, but I can deal with it. Football is a hard business.

It was nice to finish up Stanford. I think I always felt that I would be there for four years and graduate, and definitely didn't want to leave early. A degree was definitely a plus, and I was having a lot of fun in school. But after football, you know, I don't know. I really did enjoy studying architecture; it was a blast.

I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when my family would try to stop me playing football so that I went to school.

Esthetically, let's move the ball. Let's guard people. Let's fight.

A football player at any level must set goals.

Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.

It's not about tippy-tappy, namby-pamby football. It's a battle, and we have to be ready for it.

Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball.

I like making movies and would like to make it my career when I'm finished playing football.

I have friends in other industries but if I am training for a wrestling match, I would turn to the best wrestler to train, not a football player.

I'm too professional, too much of a perfectionist to take my eye off the ball.