No matter how badly you play, you want to come out healthy.

I believe that the only way to truly be fulfilled, the only way to truly be the person that God created us to be, is to live in our passion, is to do what we're passionate about. It changes everything about us.

When people look back at my career, I want them to see a fierce competitor, but more importantly, I want to be remembered for my consistency of character and the legacy I hope to leave through my First Things First Foundation.

I remember one of my first prayers when I became a Christian was simply, 'God, provide a job for me. I don't care how hard I have to work, just provide a job and opportunity so that I can take care of my family.' And you know, that was really all I asked from Him.

I love first chances, but unfortunately, first chances don't always work out for everyone, and I'm a perfect example of that.

Sports have an amazing way of banding people together from all walks of life, building relationships that would have never happened.

I would love to coach and teach people about football. It's just that the time constraints are so tough to coach, especially when you have seven kids and they are growing up. I'm just in too blessed of a situation to spend from five in the morning until 12 at night coaching and not watching my kids grow up.

Part of high cholesterol is that you can look at yourself in the mirror, and you can feel great and think there's no issues. But silently, they can be affecting your heart.

I have seven kids. I want to watch my kids grow up. I want to participate in their activities. There's a lot I wanted to accomplish beyond football. It all starts with making sure my heart's healthy.

If you can play the game later in your career very similar to how you played earlier in your career, then it bodes well for you to play longer and play better longer.

One thing I know is if I have my best player, I'm not going to let another team take him out of the game so I can throw to somebody else. I'm going to find a way to get my best player involved so they can't take him away.

I am humbled the Lord has given me such an amazing life to impact others.

Of all the awards given to NFL athletes, the Walter Payton Man of the Year is the one that stands out above the rest to me because of what it represents.

I felt like there were always people who said football should be over here and faith should be over there. But that drove me.

When I'm talking about one of the things that define my career and what is most special to me, stats, they are what they are. The bottom line is you want to impact the place you go and the people you're around, and I hope I've done that in my football career, both on and off the field.

It's not the way I threw the football - it's not particular games that I won - but that they remember that here's a guy that believed, that worked hard. Although things didn't always go in his favor, he continued to press through, and with his faith in himself and his faith in God, he was able to accomplish great things.

The reality is you don't have to be the No. 1 pick to make it big anymore.

So many guys come onto the scene who aren't supposed to be there. You pull for one, and then you see there's another and another and another, and you start to say, 'Who cares where a player was drafted? He can play football, and he can play at this level.'

I was lucky enough to play in three Super Bowls and two Arena Bowls.

I believe that I've got a unique knowledge and understanding of this game, and I'm able to see it differently than a lot of people.

Any time you make a change, and a major change, as you try to establish something, there's a lot of question marks there on what's going to happen moving forward.

If you can stand up for your faith when you're on top, you can stand up for it now that you're at the bottom.

I've always said, if everything was equal, from money to retirement to endorsement opportunities - all that stuff - if everything was equal, I'd play Arena football over the NFL. It was built for quarterbacks. It was just backyard football.

I think, a lot of times, where people see they're insufficient or lacking in certain areas, they feel they're being judged even when they're not. And they condemn themselves more than anyone else does.

Anytime you mention Jesus or faith, people are turned off. I think it scares a lot of people.

Kurt Warner is not who he is without the city of St. Louis.

Joe Montana was a guy I enjoyed watching.

My brother was a Chargers fan, so we watched Dan Fouts a lot growing up.

I was content playing Arena football. If a better opportunity hadn't come along, they would've had to throw me out of the league to get rid of me.

I always felt like wherever I was, I'd be successful.

Having seven kids, you love being in a position where you know how you act, what you say, and how you help someone can ultimately impact their long-term success or belief or confidence.

My story is more real life than most. Most Hall of Famers have great careers before they get inducted. I'm not supposed to be part of this conversation.

I became a Christian at about 26 years old as I was going through the process of playing Arena football and trying to get back into the NFL and pursue my dream.

My wife had been a Christian since twelve years old.

I think life is too sacred to ever take it in any circumstances, even for the cure of a disease or something like that.

The greatest impact you can have on people is never what you say but how you live... You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.

There's a huge yearning in our culture for something more... it's being more in touch with God... and what we were created to be.

The farther we go down a negative path, which we see every day, the more we yearn for the positive.

If so and so would have given me the right opportunity, or if this person would have encouraged me - I could have made a million excuses on why I wasn't playing in the NFL. You have no more excuses... what do you do from now until your opportunity presents itself? It's all up to you.

Faith lives inside of us in every circumstance.

I would love to be a creative offensive consultant where I could help design and help create plays and ways to attack other teams without having the coaching schedule.

I could see myself doing more color in the future - I love being able to analyze game by game and share the stories with the players.

I really feel like my story in modern day times is very similar to a biblical story: you know, somebody that nobody expected, that everybody said couldn't, and by God's grace and power, I was able to accomplish a lot.

I think a lot of people miss out on opportunities, they miss out on achieving their dream, and they miss out on doing what they love to do because they're allowing something else, something outside of them and outside of God, to dictate what their life's going to look like.

You have to learn how not to be defined by failure.

I want people to know that you can chase your dreams no matter where you are in your life, and it can work out. I know. It happened to me.

For me, as a pocket quarterback, there wasn't much adjustment as I got older.

When I played, I didn't have the strongest arm, and in a game, I never threw it as hard as I could, either.

It's hard for me to sit still.

My religion, that's who I am.