Chris Long
I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.Collection: Change
I am incredibly thankful that football has provided me with a platform to give back and I am proud that so many of my colleagues have decided to use this stage to create positive and impactful change in our local communities and around the world.Collection: Positive
My wife and I have been passionate about education being a gateway for upward mobility and equality.Collection: Equality
For all the evils in the world, I think apathy is one of the most dangerous.
My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.
At 33 years old, I think any player my age should take time to take inventory and see what their situation is and see how the body feels.
I was a Panthers fan growing up, being close to Carolina.
I like that outlaw crossover rock 'n' roll-country sound.
There was a time when I was injured and playing really bad and cut, rightfully so, that I wasn't sure what my future in football was.
It's an accomplishment to play in the NFL.
I'm open for whatever any team asks me to do.
I've been compared to my dad my whole life. That pressure I've learned to deal with.
A mullet is something that takes time and effort.
It's unbelievable how far my career has taken me.
America's an awesome country, man. Everybody knows that.
I'm always trying to play for respect. I don't play the game for much else.
I've been lucky, man. I've been very lucky for 10 years, made a lot of money playing a game, a kids' game.
I want to squeeze every drop out of my potential as far as affecting the world around me.
I think of myself as a complete person, not just a football player and athlete.
For Laura Ingraham to go after LeBron for speaking out politically is ridiculous.
Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.
My first big paycheck - this is kind of funny - I bought a Cadillac DTS. I thought it looked really comfortable.
I've always believed there are inequities in our country.
My dad was able to give me everything through football.
I love charity. Ask anyone.
I don't think football is enough for me.
Educational equity was my way of giving my salary. It's not $10 million or anything. I'm not going to act like I'm the first guy to donate $1 million to something, but it has been good.
When I grew up, I had everything you could ask for, and I kind of didn't appreciate it. Because it was a given for me. Everybody that grew up in my neighborhood was going to have an opportunity to go to college. I took that for granted. I always regret that.
Michelle Obama has also done a lot of work in the scope of educational equity and being able to work with her on some of her initiatives has been awesome. I'm very honored.
If we're saying there are incidents of oppression in this country, systematically or individually in this country, I don't think saying, 'Well, in country X, Y or Z it's 10 times worse' is making things any better. I think that may be true, but why can't we improve?
And I respect the anthem. I would never kneel for it. We all come from different walks of life and think differently about the anthem and the flag and what that means.
This is a wonderful country, and I think everyone agrees on that, but there are things in our country that can improve.
I play in a league that's 70 percent black and my peers, guys I come to work with, guys I respect who are very socially aware and are intellectual guys, if they identify something that they think is worth putting their reputations on the line, creating controversy, I'm going to listen to those guys.
In my career playing football, nobody asked me to do as much as Bill Belichick did.
Tom Brady blew me away. Who's the most famous athlete of our generation: Tom Brady? LeBron? Messi? Ronaldo? Serena Williams? Maybe I haven't been around enough to know how the biggest stars really act. But Brady is a normal guy.
My mother has been really instrumental in raising a lot of money through the Boys & Girls Club in my hometown.
I love Philadelphia.
In New England, I learned so much about football. I always thought I was a smart player, even though I never thought about anything but the six inches in front of my face. In New England, I was forced to learn so many schematic concepts.
I'm a rhythm player. I need to set people up, I need to be in the flow of the game.
Do I get irritated by the no-Pro Bowl thing, never making a Pro Bowl? Yeah, I do.
Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp's coming.
It's a team game, but at the end of the day, you gotta be happy, and you gotta enjoy playing football every day.
The 25-year-old me would tell the 32-year-old me to take the two rings and go start the next chapter in life, but it's never simple when you still have gas left in the tank.
The 24-hour news cycle is kind of insatiable. Players in the '80s and '90s didn't have to deal with that scrutiny.
I'm a big guy and I can't have any tiny tattoos.
Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they're thinking, 'Well, you're doing it for publicity,' or whatever.
I think if you show a player an avenue to make a difference, he's going to bring that same intensity he brings on the field in his community.
I came to Philly not only because of the quality of the team and the organization, but also the fans, the passion - it's really palpable in that city.
The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.
I think a lot of winning a Super Bowl is being at the right place at the right time. It's sacrifice, it's making team plays and being an impactful player is part of it.