The intolerance of people against other people is growing and growing. And the thing is, this is not anything that's changed. This has been going on for years.

I took one thing to heart that I heard from Sidney Poitier in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' And it resonated so much with me. He says: 'Dad, you always looked at yourself as a black man. I look at myself as a man.'

I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.

I look at Facebook a fair bit. I see what's posted. I see the travesties and illegalities of what police forces do. And I also see and understand that it is sanctioned by the general public - or we would do something.

There are not many Chicagos, where people go out and support their sports teams, whether they are struggling or not.

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

I think I'm a crossover athlete to get the sport into the mainstream media.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.