Everybody dismissed athletes as being purely physical, but when you retire, you go from such an intense brain time - study of defense, audibles, hand….

Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, ….

As a football player, you're really an actor. I spent all Sunday getting into character. Sunday at 10 a.m., I have to be upset with someone who didn'….

Acting has helped me detox in football. Getting lost in a character and a scene, it's awesome..

The hardest thing I've had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen y….

I took care of my body. Your body is your business in the NFL..

My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I remember saying to my mom and dad e….

When I'm 75 years old, I want to say that I chased my dream. I didn't let other people's opinions dictate what I have in my book of my life..

I'm a gym rat, I have to admit. I live in the gym, and now that I don't have to get beat up for a living, I can truly enjoy taking care of myself wit….

Football was everything to me. There was the physical aspect, sure. I did pushups and sit-ups every night, even as a kid. But I also just studied the….

Friends may come and go, but barbecues accumulate..

My inspiration is my hometown. I feel that because I'm representing my very overlooked region of Virginia, I have to keep accomplishing my goals to s….

I feel like there's no such thing as failure..

When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message to everyone else that tha….

No one had ever made it big from my town until I was able to make it to the NFL and now the big screen. The journey from my town to where I am now ha….

While I was in the NFL, I would eat five times a day. I only eat twice a day now, and I box and play basketball every day. I'm extremely happy with m….

I feel like there's no such thing as failure. When something doesn't go the way I want it to, I learn from it, and I accomplish more than I initially….

There are a lot of black men doing really well, taking care of their families, taking care of their wives, being successful, doing the right thing, p….

The common perception is it only happens to people who aren't paying attention..

I look at failure as the fertilizer to success..

My inspiration is my hometown..