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A: I do. I got it when I was 15, but I started when I was four. It took a lot of hard work and dedication, I can tell you that. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into that. It was definitely earned. It wasn’t bought. It was definitely earned.

Q: Did you do the 24-hour endurance test to earn the belt?

A: I’ve done everything. I’ve done meditation tests. I’ve done push-up tests. I fought in a world championship. I fought 10 people in a row. I’ve done everything.

Q: Ten in a row? That’s impressive, but not as impressive as your win loss-record. I saw somewhere that you had a competitive record of 102-1. I have to ask what happened in the one loss?

A: The one was when I first started fighting before they separated boys and girls and I punched a girl too hard in the face and got disqualified. That’s my one loss. It was like my third fight, so I thought my record was going to be bad, but I just kept going with it.

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Q: All these years later, do you still practise tae kwon do?

A: Oh yeah, most definitely. It helps with my football by keeping me flexible and in times where there is a stressful situation or some adversity, I kind of breathe through it, go back to those old things I learned doing tae kwon do about controlling your breathing and controlling your body in those types of moments.

Q: Have you ever had to use your martial arts in real life?

A: (Laughs) Oh, I have a few times. I’ve been in a couple of street fights. I haven’t had to bring too much out of my utility bag. I’ve kept it with the hands. I’ve never brought the feet into it. (laughs)

Q: You have a black belt and a Super Bowl ring. Not a bad collection. What’s that experience like getting to be a part of everything that goes along with playing in — and winning — a Super Bowl?

A: It was unreal. And to be able to experience it with the people I did. Ray Lewis was my idol coming up and him being the leader of that team and it being his last year, that was a big moment in my life, a moment I’ll never forget and a lot of fun.

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Q: That was Super Bowl 47. Do you know what 47 is in roman numerals?

A: No, I don’t. Is that XXVII?

Q: Not bad, but no. It’s XLVII

A: I just took a guess. I knew the V was a five.

Q: Let’s try this one: Jacoby Jones returned the second-half kickoff in that game for a touchdown. Do you remember how long the return was?

A: One hundred and eight yards. I was a part of that play. I told Jacoby, “If I block my guy, you’re gone.” And I blocked my guy and he was gone and we danced in the end zone.

Q: And then the lights went out.

A: And then the lights went out. We waited for like 45 minutes to an hour to play again. That was crazy.

Q: Beyonce was the halftime act?

A: She was. But we didn’t get to see it. We could hear it, but we didn’t get to see it. Alicia Keys sang the national anthem, though. So we saw that.

Q: I thought maybe you’d try to sneak a glimpse of Beyonce.

A: I was thinking about trying to, but this was the Super Bowl and I didn’t want to be the guy that got kicked off the team during Super Bowl. (laughs)