The World Motivation
Right after retiring I didn't want to be on the road 16 weeks a year - leaving on a Thursday night and coming home on a Sunday night - it was a little too much.
“Right after retiring I didn't want to be on the road 16 weeks a year - leaving on a Thursday night and coming home on a Sunday night - it was a little too much.”
Right after retiring I didn't want to be on the road 16 weeks a year - leaving on a Thursday night and coming home on a Sunday night - it was a little too much.
Two of the biggest things my mom taught me is that adversity isn't the end of the world and that you have to adapt to succeed.
When I play in the Super Bowl, the biggest stage we have, I have to give up the first touchdown. To make it worse, I'm running behind the guy, not next to him.
The more you stick your neck out, the more people are going to take a swing at you when things go bad.
You have to build a lot of bridges to the new coaches, show them how hard you work. It's one thing for them to hear about you, but it doesn't matter until they see you.
Coming home is what helps keep us sane.
For me, coming to the national team is like coming home.
It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?
My mother used to go out on her own, and I used to have to keep a look out for my stepfather coming home.
It was like 'Risky Business' for 10 years. My parents were out of town, they left me a bunch of money, the car, and the house, and I didn't know when they were coming home.