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I'm a class clown.
I enjoy stories that can spark a conversation.
I've always worked my butt off physically and mentally.
It takes time to change a system and to change a mindset.
I've had a chip on my shoulder every year that I've played.
I don't talk smack because I feel like it's a waste of energy.
When I was a kid, my aunt snuck us into see 'Boyz n the Hood.'
To look back where I started from, you can't help but be amazed.
I don't think you can ever get bored or lose focus as a competitor.
I didn't have the luxury of going to the four year school for acting.
My mind-set is to come in and compete and be the best I can possibly be.
It doesn't matter how well you play individually if the team isn't winning.
My freshman year, I started working with a group called Touchdown for Kids.
In high school, you can just go out there and play. In the NFL it was so much more mental.
It's a difficult thing in this league to match up, to line up and play one-on-one football.
When you're playing to get into the playoffs, your contract is the last thing on your mind.
I don't learn as well, I think, in like a structured way. I kind of have to be thrown into it.
I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.
Just to have the opportunity to play in the NFL, I think it's the biggest dream come true for me.
When it's football time, that's where I am - the studying, the working, the practicing, everything.
I was really close with Rob Ryan, so I know that Rex, being his twin, would be very similar to him.
I think everybody has talents that haven't been tapped into. They can go unnoticed your entire life.
My favorite piece of clothing as a boy was a purple Magic Johnson jersey from the Los Angeles Lakers.
For athletes, it's extremely tough to trust people with your finances. It's so easy to be victimized.
I was always the person who would make the mistake. I was the one who would get suspended from school.
I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that time.
I think any time you get a boost of confidence, it fuels you to do more, and that kept happening for me.
In film, there's always this looking for the 'If you lay down and burst into tears, you did a good job.'
It's really refreshing to get these types of moments when people can say, 'Yeah, you're one of the best.'
For all of the achievements and awards, to be able to retire as a Raider ranks highest among all of those.
There's a drive, there's a hunger inside of me that says, 'I know what I can do and I'm going to get it done.'
Anytime you leave something you've done and where you've been for nearly a decade, it's going to be different.
I think any time you're able to humanize the plight of the wrongfully incarcerated, then you're doing your job.
I hate the term black sheep, but I just felt like I wasn't keeping up. It was a subtle pressure I put on myself.
Even when we were little, we were always helping, going to feed the homeless, community drives, that type of stuff.
My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.
I learned early in my career that I had to be prepared for life after football because you never knew when it would end.
I'm very grateful for my time in Philadelphia and I want to thank the Eagles organization for the opportunity to play here.
The leadership qualities that you have to have to be a producer on a film is something I learned being a captain on the team.
I'm grateful for all the teams that I've played for, the fans, the organizations, the front offices, the list goes on and on.
When I was a kid, I thought good acting was fascinating, and I could tell the difference. I could see that at like 9 years old.
I always go back to the fact that one man can make a difference. No matter what the issue, we always have the power to change it.
Anybody can be beaten by one pass once. Are you getting beat by that same pass multiple times in the same game? That answer is no.
As far as producing, I was thrown into it on a film called Beasts of No Nation when we were in Ghana three months after I retired.
After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.
You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in and be stiff.
I help receivers on my team every now and then, but I'm slow to do even that because they could end up my opponent the following year.
You know in acting you have those moments in a movie where a character yells or breaks down crying and you're like, wow, that's acting?
I get a different pronunciation at least every week. I think the worst one, or the funniest one I got, somebody called me, 'Oh-gooz-man.'
I've been blessed. I've had a fortunate, successful career in the NFL. It's been longer than I initially expected when I came into the NFL.