It's the toughest challenge of my life because football is all I know. It's all I want to do. That's it, and when that gets taken away from you that hurts more than anything. There's an emptiness. ... I've got to stay positive. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm down in spirits right now.

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I know my body and I told them I can be back before then. It's such a tough challenge for me that I want to be out there as fast as I can.

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We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule, ... I told them it's just another challenge, let's go after it.

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You honor the dead by the way you chose to live your life after they're gone. He needs football right now and we need him, too.

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They're athletic and young and they're all freewheeling. They're playing really loose, so it's going to be a good challenge.

— Gary Payton

We talked about that. We said if we don't get it (on the pass), we're going to challenge you guys to see if you can punch it in. We did the same thing last week and scored and won the ball game.

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