“In 2008, when I was wrapped up a very toxic relationship, I lived out of my car for about four months to get away. And what I learned about myself in the process is that sometimes a safety net isn't really that safe; it's what keeps you from flying. That year I went from playing football to being a football player. Football wasn't paying my bills, but people didn't really know how bad it was. That was the one place in the world that when everything else was chaos, I could be great. I think we all have that place where we experience greatness. Football definitely saved my life.”
![“Football was never my life. The guys [and] the relationships were my life. I have an ability to relate to damn near everybody.” quote by John Riggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d84/john-riggins-44637_ability_football-was-never-my-life-the-guys-and_1739323.jpg)
