When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.

I believe that the female perspective is a very healing and circumspect one, and we have a right to equal voice.

Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective?

There have been times in my career when people thought I was a pushover, especially as they saw me as this smiley guy.

I have a job - it's a great job, and I love doing it - but I can't not work. That's not psychological; that's practical.

I want to get my MBA. I want to create my own business. When I'm finished with football, I want a seamless transition to life and work and what I've dreamed about doing all my life.

And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.