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Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the Ripkens, the Griffeys, the Bondses, so on. But football is the real paternal game, because it's a conveyor belt of father figures, in the form of coaches.

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.