There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out.

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.