I've had times where one of my roommates was moving out of the house in college, and because we were the only black people in that neighborhood, the cops got called, and we had guns drawn on us. Came in the house, without knocking, guns drawn on my teammates and roommates. So I have experienced this.
I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped.
Victor Cruz just got his deal with Givenchy - amazing. I was so excited for him. That was amazing. So I think there are great opportunities for a lot of athletes out there.
We have a presidential candidate who's deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me, because if that was any other person, you'd be in prison. So what is this country really standing for?
Whatever the offense dictates to allow me doing what I or this offense needs to do to win games, I'm going to do it.
I'll never take the easy way out.
I don't look at film that closely about my mechanics of where's my elbow at.
To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me.
Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.'
If I got a football scholarship, I was going to be a football player.
You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those.
I think, between the tattoos, the way I dress, the way I talk, people don't think it should go together with a franchise quarterback or someone that's leading the team or representing the organization.
Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'
I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone.
I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people.
I have great respect for people's right to believe what they want to believe. And I don't think anybody should be prosecuted or judged based on what their beliefs are.
Teammates tell me to bring it down a notch in practice or that their hands are hurting. Randy Moss told me I was the first person to ever dislocate one of his fingers.
Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.
I'm not incapable of going through things.
To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.
