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In the NFL, every practice could make or break you. If you dropped one ball, you'd worry about getting cut.

Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

I'm the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn't come out as good. So my whole thought process is to stay smooth, stay on top of the ball, and just get my hand out in front.

My family knew, but most of the sporting world did not realize that my right hand been some 75% paralyzed.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

I struggled quite a long time with my backhand, which was one of my best weapons before my surgery. It took me a long time until I regained full confidence in it again and only tried to keep the ball in play at the start of the '09 season.

As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody else. People have dealt with worse injuries than I've dealt with. It's all part of the game, all part of getting that tackle.

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.