Taking them out of the picture, so to speak, what football really is, the savagery, the core root of football, it doesn't change. It really puts the real in football.

He was named First-team All-Pro in each of his first nine seasons and was a key member of the Giants' defense nicknamed "The Big Blue Wrecking Crew" that led New York to victories in Super Bowls XXI and XXV. Taylor has lived a controversial lifestyle during and after his playing career. He admitted to using drugs such as cocaine as early as his second year in the NFL and was suspended several times by the league for failing drug tests.