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

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

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

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

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.