“Anyone who knows me knows that I am not much of a drinker.”

“Being sober is not a struggle for me.”

“Cleveland was the only visit I made. I had a good feeling they were going to draft me, but I was still shocked when they jumped up to the second round.”

“Despite everything I've been through, despite being a kid with a spotty background, the Cleveland Browns stuck their neck out and risked taking me and put their faith and belief in me, and I won't let them down.”

“Did I think it was hypocritical that a professional league making hundreds of millions of dollars off beer sponsorships was telling me not to drink? Yes.”

“During the wintertime in cold cities, you sometimes need a party to break through the melancholy.”

“I am a human being, with feelings and emotions and scars and flaws, just like anyone else.”

“I am not someone who deserves to be dissected and analyzed like some tragic example of everything that can possibly go wrong for a professional athlete.”

“I believe that my future is bright.”

“I chose to go on my own accord, my own thoughts, and thought it would be beneficial for me to go out to Cliffside in Malibu, Calif., and seek out some help and see what could be done.”

“I decided to go back home and try to enroll in the University of Houston.”

“I failed myself when I ruined a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be Robert Griffin III's running mate during his Heisman Trophy-winning season at Baylor.”

“I have let down many in Cleveland - my Browns teammates, our hard-working coaching staff, the team's ownership, and the loyal fan base that wants nothing more than to win. Playing there is different than in many other cities. We feel the fans pain.”

“I make mistakes - I have made a lot of mistakes - but I am a good person, and I will persevere.”

“I see myself in a Cleveland Browns uniform and a return for Josh Gordon. Hopefully this time, the biggest and the best I've ever been. Really looking forward to giving the people what they deserve, not letting anyone down, myself included. And exceeding their expectations.”

“I thought that the league-imposed restriction on drinking had expired at the end of the regular season.”

“I was just raised in humble beginnings: three brothers together and a single mother who raised us the best she could.”

“I'm aware of the rift in the locker room. That's just alpha males and supreme athletes trying to share the spotlight.”

“I'm thankful to be here in Cleveland, and I believe this is where I belong.”

“In the past, I've been a selfish player. I'll definitely admit that.”

“It's possible to change.”

“Knowing my circumstances from which I came and the path I was headed down, to be where I am, I'm blessed.”

“Our first short was 'Angry Boy,' which was produced through the Fox Movie Channel.”

“The holidays are a way to get away from the pain of the year, creating something people can laugh at. That's a gift.”

“When people are performing in a musical, everybody is intuitively drawn to the right pitch. You don't want to be too broad that people can't relate to it, so it has to have some grounding in the real world.”

“With my career, considering my age and how much time I've been out... how much time I've got left, nobody knows.”