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I mentioned to a couple people that in some ways I felt like, wow I'm only 44-years-old, I feel like I'm in my grave, in my coffin, alive, and they're putting, throwing dirt on me, and I can feel it, and I'm trying to get out.
I knew that eventually I would be replaced, but I didn't think that the time was right. I did not expect to play, I did expect to compete.
I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.
I have four kids and I want to stick around, as do others, so I want to get the word out.
I had to fight back from being seventh on the depth chart.
I had a great career here.
I don't miss all the other stuff that went along with it - the work every day, traveling, training camps. Those responsibilities.
I don't know why Notre Dame... as a kid, I saw them playing on Saturdays, and again on Sundays... mind you, it was only a replay!
I ate anything that could be bad for you - fast food, burgers and fries, fried chicken, steak.
I also picked up my exercise program. I thought I was doing enough at three days a week, but now I aim for seven and usually get five or six in.
I also have a bunch of horses I do not have time for.
For me it was Notre Dame, and on to a new team, the San Francisco 49ers, and then on to Kansas City.
Every once in a while I play basketball with my kids, but it's halfcourt. I can't run up and down the court.
Confidence is a very fragile thing.
Cause there's only one reason for doing anything that you set out to do. if you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything.
Cause as a kid, most guys want to quit the game.
But it's been a joy, and they've taught me the true meaning of what the Hall of Fame is really all about. Cause it is a beginning for me, it's a beginning of a bunch of new teammates, and a tremendous, tremendous honor.
Both of my boys are playing football, so I throw to them.
At the time, my eating habits were horrendous.
And I always pictured being at the top of the line-up, and always being on the top. It wasn't always that easy.