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" 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. "

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" 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 stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much. "

" 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. "

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

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

" As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun. "

" I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. "

" Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody. "

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

" 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. "

" There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be able to enjoy your success more. It won't own you or control you. "

" I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me. "

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

" I've never been in trouble with the police. "

" If I was doing something for the money, I'd be quite miserable. "

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

" A team takes on the personality of the head coach. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nine in the box... that's a football term. "

" As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again. "

" Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily. "

" If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right. "

" Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that. "

" I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field. "

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

Spiritual Beings

" Tomorrow doesn't really exist. "

" And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear. "

" Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice. "

" To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I think anytime that you have any disease, and disease meaning lack of ease, lack of flow... dis-ease. So any time there's disease, you're out of balance, whether it's jealousy, anger, greed, anxiety, fear. "