I've been competing since eighth-grade. It gives me the ability to fight off blocks and overpower people.

It was kind of a break-out game for me. I was involved on more plays (tackles), reading the plays and filling the holes. I was also able to time my blitzes a little bit better.

Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools.

In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.

I almost got kicked out of eighth grade for selling 'Playboy.'

I was a schoolteacher; I taught seventh and eighth grade, and I tried to write fiction on the side.