I always look at the NBA as kind of a muddled mess in the regular season, and then you just get in the tournament, just get in. And then the great teams just get on a roll and play well or the team that is hot gets hot and goes and wins it.
I think Tom Coughlin is an amazing motivator. When you look at his personality, you say, 'Oh, I don't know about that.' But there's some ability he has to laser-focus a football team when it's most important. He seems to be a real valuable asset, kind of Knute Rocke almost.
You can be an astronaut, knowing it can be super dangerous but understand intuitively what the risk issues are. Not having the same usable knowledge about the risk of football, or any line of work, doesn't work.
I believe there will be players who, instead of playing eight years, will play six. Who will closely watch how they feel. It will shorten careers.
The scary thing is I took 12 years of French, and I can barely say, 'My name is... ' And that's not because of the concussions.
I don't think my experience with professional football has been what you'd call normal but I don't regret it.
