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Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

I attribute my entire football career, as far as getting me started, getting me interested, keeping me that way was my father. He went to every game even though he was crippled and wasn't real healthy.

My dad always played sports. He played football. I always wanted to play football because my dad played football, but my mom never wanted me to play football because she said she couldn't take me getting hit.

I always told my dad I'd play professional football.

I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

Soccer was the first sport that my parents put me in, and ultimately, all the parents kind of came over to my mom and were, 'We think Channing would be better at football.... We love him, he's really great, but he's kind of hurting our children.' I was just a little wild.