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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.

A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.

I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.

Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

Too much knowledge and analysis can be paralysis.

The new disease was named chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the NFL fervently and repeatedly denied that such a thing had anything to do with the league or its players.

Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.