I never met him. But just growing up where Deacon Jones did, he motivated me to be great, showing the NFL was possible.

My guy growing up was Deacon Jones from Eatonville, Florida, where I'm from.

Me, coming from a low-income background, I really didn't take my studies serious as a young kid.

Growing up where I'm from, some people are afraid of cops. They don't really like cops. And what a lot of people don't realize is, they're really not the bad guys. They're really on our side, they're really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don't understand that.

Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

I will say you could always look at 'Looney Tunes' and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about the beats of comedy. I think you can find out about awkward pauses, because I think they did those well.

I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.