I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.

You have the women sitting on the left and the men sitting on the right. Everything is to keep your mind focused on God... To me the most beautiful thing anyone on earth can experience, other than maybe marriage and child-bearing, would be the Orthodox Liturgy.

Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek... is like a beautiful opera, but way better.