“Those guys in the NFL are a different breed,” he explained. “They are the best athletes in the world. I was a middle-of-the-road size guy. I had to eat 15,000 calories just to be 280 pounds. I had to be in the weight room twice a day to be 280. I had to be tougher than dog shit just to be out there. I wasn’t fast, I wasn’t super strong. There wasn’t one thing that made me an unstoppable force.
“I went above and beyond to push myself, so I was injured time after time after time. Finally I had to retire after I ripped my abdomen off my pelvis. It’s just like a hernia. I was able to fulfill my dream, but obviously we all want to be the best at what we do, and I fell way short of that.”