HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- I've always viewed football as a safe haven from a lot of different issues. A place where I could release tension, feel better about everything.
As Mike Tomlin has always said, "When you come into this building, leave your outside issues where they are: Outside.”
Coach has always been sympathetic to world issues. But personal issues?
Not at work. Not into a game.
And that’s what I've always followed: Sports are an escape, for both the fans and the athletes out there competing. I always hear guys say in football, at any level, “I can legally hit someone and not go to jail!