It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.

Anybody who has watched me play knows I'm not one of the fastest guys, but I understand what's going on around me and what to look for. I know what the defense is doing.

I'm getting better every day.

I grew up on the game.

You want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January.

I've been calling plays in the huddle since I was seven.

I consider myself a leader of this football team, along with a lot of other guys.

I'm out there having as good a time as I did in the backyard since I was five-years-old.

I've already developed trust in my teammates -as a player and as a person.

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.

Doing and acting build a culture of excellence

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

The fictional treatment of biographical material - a treatment that for me is essential - is full of traps.

Of course I'm going to marry, but I don't know when.

There is no primer for being an NFL owner. It is learn-as-you-go.

For young people today things move so fast there is no problem of adjustment. Before you can adjust to A, B has appeared leading C by the hand, and with D in the distance.

Growing up as a kid, there were so many people that I disliked, I daydreamed about hurting them. Hell just seemed like a good place for all of them to go. Unfortunately, I don't believe it exists.

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone.

I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.