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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.

It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again!

My husband and I are just really laid back people.

I have some amazing fans! They're just so dedicated and so nice and so sweet. I'm, like, no one and I'm just starting out, and these people appreciate your work and it's nice to hear that.

I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was.

My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

You just have to take a deep breath, relax and let the game come to you.

I don't feel like I have anything to prove. I've played this game at a high level for a long time.

I always show loyalty to the people who gave me a chance from the get-go, and Cincinnati gave me that chance.

I just try to go about my business, love the game, prepare every week and play football.

There's never a perfect play for me.

That's the ultimate goal is to win the championship.

I'm one of the guys that's always behind the scenes and always low-key.

Cincinnati will always be home.

In my neighborhood, people were truckers and teachers and store clerks and bus drivers and everything else under the sun. But what they all had in common was that everyone was dependable and worked really hard. We all got what we needed, but it didn't always come easy.

It's about respect and the morals and the value of life. And treat people how you want to be treated. That's the biggest thing I was brought up on from my parents.

I wanted to be great, that's from day one.

I want to be great and I accept the challenge.

I think the best cover corner I've faced is Patrick Peterson. He's been great so long that people really overlook him.

I'm a level guy, so everything happens for a reason.

I know what I'm capable of. I know when the game is on the line and we need a spark play, I'm going to make that play. But we've got to be smart about it. Can't be forcing a lot of things if I'm getting double-covered a lot.

I always leave for the stadium on the second bus. Never the first. And I have to have new shoes - brand new shoes - for every game. Same with gloves. But I don't use my gloves in pregame, so the first football I catch with my new gloves each game is the first ball I catch in the game.

I think what pushes me every day is that I'm so afraid to fail. I think it comes from what I went through in school growing up and not being great in the classroom and having to work harder than everybody else.

Whatever God has planned for me, that's what's going to happen.