The first day, in particular, is always one of those weird days because you get ..., you're thrown into this new trailer - here's your wardrobe.
I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make.
In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I'd never stayed in one place for so long.
I think there comes a time with a quarterback, especially when things go a little sideways, that players begin to try to do things a little uncharacteristic of what they've done in the past.
Technology is going to be good for football, but it will take time to adjust. The important thing is that the games have rhythm; at the beginning, it will be complicated, but there are plays that require it.
Me and my family all like Shanghai, and I'm slowly getting used to the city and the atmosphere.
I remember my first day at grammar school, being the only person who was me. Everybody else was like everybody else, and there I was, tanned, in a freezing cold playground in the middle of Middlesbrough, wondering what on earth I was doing there.
IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.
First year in the league, it's going to be difficult.
It's always an adjustment period when you are with a new team. Things don't necessarily click how you want them to.
When you start to live your dream, it's not quite what you thought it was because there is a lot of overwhelming stuff that comes on top of it, and you have to figure it all out.
When you get out of the military, all you are doing is a work-up for the longest deployment of your life.
It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
It doesn't always click for a new player in a new team: you don't always go in and hit the ground running and score all the time.
I think that for a lot of young quarterbacks, sometimes it's difficult to get thrown into the fire quickly because from my experience, either you learn how to be a professional from the veteran players.
At some point in your career, maybe you, too, have made the life-altering decision to start anew. If so, you know first-hand how exciting, challenging, and sometimes disorienting the first 30, 60, 90 days can be.
A lot of times, it takes you a while to grow, especially in this league, because year to year is different.
When you've been out for five months, it takes a while to get everything straight in your head. Luckily, my coach and team-mates have treated me extremely well, because that's important when you're finding your way back.
Marriage is a big adjustment for anyone - male or female. There is no guarantee that a person who has become set in his or her ways can successfully make that transition.
So when we finally settled down outside of Seattle I felt totally uncomfortable with that idea.
I went to boarding school at seven and cried and cried.
When you start a new job, a lot of times everybody's been there a long time and so you think, 'Oh, it's going to take me a while to make friends and do all that.'
When there's change, people are always anxious.
I always likened retirement to falling off a cliff, and then you have to kind of brush yourself off.
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
