"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."

"I learned how to be a team player, how to be part of a group, how to work together."

"Football is a passion. It is a religion. It is a way of life."

"I used to tease the other kids because I played better than them. Then my father said, 'Come here. Don't do this with the kids, because God gave you the gift to play football. You didn't do anything. …"

"I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know."