On grief and losing his close friend, former teammate, and fellow NFL player Sean Taylor

“I couldn’t believe it. It was scary, especially his getting shot in his house, and he was just there to get his knee checked, see what’s wrong with it.” | “Sean was a great football player and he loved the game. But a lot of people didn’t know that he was a great dude, too. He thought of me when my mom passed. Even when he left Miami early for the NFL and I was still in college, he’d still check on me. It’s just tough on me, losing my mom and now losing a friend who I played ball with in younger days.”