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" I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature. "

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" It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul. "

" I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school. "

" I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things. "

" I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place. "

" When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that. "

" If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem. "

" I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all. "

" I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to practice and I loved to play, but I hated to be in meetings, hated to talk to the media, hated to have cameras in my face, hated to sign autographs. I hated to do all those things. "

" If I can walk, I'll play. "

" Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do. "

" Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person. "

" The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player. "

" What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities. "

" I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about. "

" Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me. "

" I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside. "

" I had a lot of friends in high school and in college, and we had a good time. "

" I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance. "

" I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people. "

" Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself. "

" Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real. "

" The more I pay attention to what's going on inside, the more I realize that how I feel, and how I react to what I feel, really creates my reality. And the more in touch I can be, the better chance I have to control what's happening in my life. "

" I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside. "

" I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence. "

" I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now. "

" At the core, we're all spiritual beings. "

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" I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went. "

" I really do love football. "

" I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2. "

" In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently. "