Josh Gordon

Did I think it was hypocritical that a professional league making hundreds of millions of dollars off beer sponsorships was telling me not to drink? Yes.

In the past, I've been a selfish player. I'll definitely admit that.

Our job as directors is to really give the audience a sense that all this exists in a universe somewhere. Even if it's a slightly more stylized or comedic world than we live in, it's still really important that it has an authenticity and integrity to it.

I failed myself when I ruined a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be Robert Griffin III's running mate during his Heisman Trophy-winning season at Baylor.

I decided to go back home and try to enroll in the University of Houston.

I have let down many in Cleveland - my Browns teammates, our hard-working coaching staff, the team's ownership, and the loyal fan base that wants nothing more than to win. Playing there is different than in many other cities. We feel the fans pain.

Being sober is not a struggle for me.

I was just raised in humble beginnings: three brothers together and a single mother who raised us the best she could.

I'm aware of the rift in the locker room. That's just alpha males and supreme athletes trying to share the spotlight.

I am not someone who deserves to be dissected and analyzed like some tragic example of everything that can possibly go wrong for a professional athlete.

We spend 364 days a year surrounded by people who kind of are our family, but we never really get to meet them or break through with them.

Despite everything I've been through, despite being a kid with a spotty background, the Cleveland Browns stuck their neck out and risked taking me and put their faith and belief in me, and I won't let them down.