Hy-Vee Recipes and Ideas

Each year you get a fresh start to create a new identity and what kind of team you’re going to be. It all starts with our coaches—our coaches do
a great job of drilling the same things every day. We’re going to play smart. We’re going to play tough. We’re going to play straight up and down footbal—you’re going to have to beat us straight up and down.

I’m looking forward to it. I feel like Kirk [Cousins] can do anything that you want him to do or need him to do. He has a good arm. He can run around a little bit and can take a hit here and there, too.

I love field work, because that’s where I make my money. As far as lifting weights, I don’t mind lifting weights. I enjoy being strong and able to move some stuff around like furniture in the house. But for me, it’s speed and quickness.

My dad. But my mom played a huge part, too. As I got older, there’s father figures, like Chad Scott—who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots. When I got closer to making it to the NFL, we had some good talks that I needed to move forward.

Nobody’s going to knock on my door one day and say anything to my face. It’s not that serious to me. ... I like to let people have their moment to shine, you know what I’m saying? You feel like you want to get something off your chest, I’m here for it, but it’s not like I’m going out of my way. I don’t go back and forth with anybody.

I try to wake up like any other day—thank God for waking up. I meditate in the morning as soon as I wake up for at least 10 minutes—really just thinking about the day and what I’m going to do. I’m a free spirit,
like a free bird. I don’t really like being stuck on one thing. I like routines, to keep organized, but I don’t like doing the same thing over and over.

I’m really into fashion. But if I didn’t make it in football, I’d probably be training kids or something like that and opening my own gym. I’m trying to open my own gym now, so everything is in the works. I really love football, so I’d probably do something related. And if not that, I’d also be dabbling in fashion.

Chicken Parmesan. I love breakfast food, too. I could eat breakfast food any time of the day.

I want to go to Thailand. I want to go to Dubai. I’ve been to Paris. I went to London prior [to playing a game there]. I loved London. I went to Toronto—that was actually kind of fun and the people were different. I’m not done traveling. I’ve got a whole lot of places I want to go, but I should wait. I’ve got [things] I need to take care of first.

Read the full article in the July 2018 issue of Balance magazine, available in Hy-Vee stores or by subscription.