When I'm done my mixed martial arts career, the only people who are gonna remember me and respect what I did and how I lived my life are my two children. That's my legacy, ladies and gentlemen.
When I retired from the NFL, no one knew who I was, and I had to start all over. I ended up doing security in L.A., and I was just on movie sets and watching.
Life after 'Home and Away' has been good. I'm very lucky and fortunate.
Once I get to a certain level, I don't want to rap all my life.
I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that.
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.
I planned so well for my post-'Cosby Show' life that I don't have to make desperate acting choices that conflict with what my values.
I've been in the 'Idol' bubble, and now it's popped, and I don't know what's going to happen.
I've done commercials and won awards, but I know that this won't last forever.
Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy.
I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
