Why subject himself to the rigors of another training camp, to compete with players 10 years younger than he is for a job?
Because he's determined to prove his NFL career is not over.
"I wouldn't be able to live with myself, knowing I left hurt," he said. "That's how you left your career, how you left the NFL, was known as a guy that was hurt all the time?
"If I'm going to leave it's going to be on a healthy season, or kind of like [running back] Fred [Jackson], he was having a great season last year, then he got hurt. I at least want to have that great season."
Because he's determined to prove his NFL career is not over.
"I wouldn't be able to live with myself, knowing I left hurt," he said. "That's how you left your career, how you left the NFL, was known as a guy that was hurt all the time?
"If I'm going to leave it's going to be on a healthy season, or kind of like [running back] Fred [Jackson], he was having a great season last year, then he got hurt. I at least want to have that great season."
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