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There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche more

There's time where you have to have fun, ... The grind of the camp becomes too much for the psyche of a college player. You have to always, constantly try to be on the same page with your players. You can't let them get too far away where you can't tell what they're thinking or what they're feeling. At the same time, it's not a sit-around-the-camp-fire session every day where we are discussing our feelings.

When you're that young, you can't come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior more

When you're that young, you can't come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior and senior years, I felt it was no longer my team. I lost a lot of good relationships and friendships.

The toughest thing about it was I couldn't come to grips with it. I couldn't reason it out in my more

The toughest thing about it was I couldn't come to grips with it. I couldn't reason it out in my mind. It was very difficult. I didn't agree with it. I don't think I ever will.

You don't have to accept it. If you accept it, you're giving up. I didn't understand it when it happened more

You don't have to accept it. If you accept it, you're giving up. I didn't understand it when it happened to me. Looking back, I think it was good I didn't understand it.

It makes all the difference in the world,

It makes all the difference in the world,

When I was a true freshman (at Texas), I had Ricky Williams and he took a hell of a lot more

When I was a true freshman (at Texas), I had Ricky Williams and he took a hell of a lot of pressure off me. Obviously the run game helps the pass. Nothing's changed in football.

That goes back to not accepting it. What if I said, 'Yeah, you're right, Chris is better, I'm just going more

That goes back to not accepting it. What if I said, 'Yeah, you're right, Chris is better, I'm just going to be prepared to do mop-up duty.' I don't think we would have won. I think they would have had an unprepared quarterback.

People don't understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football.

People don't understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football.