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It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be a football player. And some of these guys have enough skills to do other sports. Soccer could be one. Basketball could be another. Things where you need incredible hand-eye coordination are always options. I think a football player would be able to adapt to a lot of sports.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.

I don't picture myself as a normal person when I play football, and I don't think anyone else pictures me that way as well.

I'm a sports fan. I'm not just an athlete who plays football.

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

I definitely want to be known as an educated person as well as being a good football player.

Lets be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much. So as an athlete, I am a guy who likes the physical confrontation of the football field. I like playing nose-guard; I like having two 350 pound guys trying to rip my head off.