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My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

To be honest, I've just become a Steelers fan.

The single most important thing we had in the Steelers of the '70s was the ability to work together.

The Steelers have influenced everything I've done as an adult.

I feel so fortunate, so honored, to have played this game that I love for so long, with so many great players, and in front of so many wonderful fans. I fulfilled a childhood dream the first time I stepped on an NFL field, and the league did not let me down one time.

I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a 'Terrible Towel.'

I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

I just wanted to say hi to Pittsburgh as well because I miss it.

Coming back in that AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, that was a poignant moment for me for a lot of reasons - the magnitude of the game and having not been able to play for quite a while and to be able to get on the field for that game. That one stands out.

Winning the Super Bowl was obviously a great one, but the joy I felt of going to the Super Bowl, it was what I felt about the Pittsburgh Steelers and where we came from, the history of us to that point.