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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.

When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.

When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.

Most people are fortunate enough to stay two, three years in this game. I've been in it for seven years, and I feel like now, I'm just beginning.

Showing up to games year after year, no matter what the product on the field gives you back, is a learned behavior - sort of like rats in a maze searching for cheese. The rat learns the maze, learns where the cheese is placed and eventually goes to it without thought, even when the cheese is taken away. The rat doesn't know anything else.

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.

Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.