If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.
It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.
Know why I smile so much out there? It's because I'm having so much fun.
There's no relief, really, for me. I have relief after the Super Bowl. I set a goal to win the Super Bowl and that's where I'm going with it.
I feel I rise to the occasion when the pressure's on my shoulders.
But if you're coming off ACL surgery, you don't need to be having a press conference at OTAs. Every week? Really? It becomes a circus, a sideshow. It takes away from the focus of what those sessions are supposed to be about: the team.
Patience and rest are key. Knowing how your body feels. You're the only person that knows how your body feels. The way of going about it is expressing it to your trainers and your coaches so you won't damage anything else.
The Jets tried this whole garbage with Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez and it got them nowhere.
