As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.

I feel like I'm going to be with the Cowboys the rest of my career, definitely. I love it.

I think my best years are ahead of me and that's exciting.

I'm ready to rock and roll.

If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that's important.

It's easy to say you're more mature because all of a sudden you have a child, but it's a process.

The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game.

Well, we can't all be Terry Bradshaw.

You're always playing the game to reach the ultimate goal.

I think as a player there's a sense of urgency every single year that this is the year we're going to have success and do the things we're excited about.

I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before - and from other years, too - to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step.

It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the seniors who've been through two, three, playoff games what to do.

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.