"I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that."

"But every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen."

"You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it."

"Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents."

"If they play dirty, then you play dirty."

"Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls."

"You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity."

"There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out."

"And I tell ya, when I sit in that sound booth and started reading the script and starting to get into the character, man, it's an easy jump for me, because I understand what it's all about."

"Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it."

"And once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price."

"I had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life."

"The NFL, and I've played a lot of years for them, and they have a lot of restrictions on their players, they have restrictions on their licensees, they have restrictions on everything."

"First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned."

"I guess another message I'd like to say with this book is no matter how many times you fail... I failed a lot of times trying to get clean, and never thought I'd get to this point."