- While the world tackles a pandemic,

the NFL's most accomplishedpunter, Thomas Morstead,

kick starts a reminder for families.

As both a saint on the fieldand in his city of New Orleans,

the active community contributor

speaks fittingly from his home front

about the rare opportunity we still share.

With the pandemic, it's breaking momentum.

It's a changing of the field,

potentially creating anopportunity as you do as punter,

and it shifts the focus and the attention.

A lot of that for all of uscomes back here in our houses,

spending more time with families.

How has COVID-19 impacted your household?

- A silver lining during thistime is pretty insensitive.

I know there's gonna bea lot of people hurting

for a long period of time moving forward.

Everybody I feel likeis in a rat race of life

and you're on the hamster wheel,

and you're always runningfrom here to there.

And so for us not having anyagenda or schedule to keep,

we've just been with ourselvesand it's been really nice.

20 years down the road,

and I think I will regret if Idon't spend this time wisely.

Right now it's a chance tospend it with your kids.

Punting is a difficult thing to master,

but it's actually very simple in nature.

This football needs toline up with my wrist,

elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, and foot.

And it's all one line.- Hmm.

You know, the expression punt

becomes almost a mechanism of quitting.

It's a yielding.

It's like I can't advance.

Coming from a punter, shouldwe look at a punt differently?

- I've always tried to viewmyself and hopefully the team

has viewed me as a gamechanger at my position,

a player that can control the game,

stealing momentum from a team

that's just stolen your momentum.

There's nothing I can do about the fact

that it's fourth down otherthan do my best job possible.

It being forced down orthe fact that we're here,

well we're here.

So what are you gonna do about it?

It's about having the right attitude

that every play could be the difference.

- How do the kids lookdifferent to you now

while being in this?

- Well, they've got longer hair.

(Tom laughing)

We haven't had our corona haircut yet.

And I can't force them to cut their hair,

'cause dad's, you know,

dad's not a great example in that area.

So, you know, I thinkit's the simple things

that I used to hear my mom say,

the whites of their eyes,just how they look at you.

The freshness that they come in with,

the restfulness that's needed,

the amount of time and attention

that they're getting one-on-onehas been really important.

I've noticed a positive changein behavior of my children.

I have to think that partof that's just how much time

we've all spent together.

Because I think you can sayyour kids need X, Y, or Z,

they just need you more than anything.

- [Tom] We talk about bringing baggage

in from our past,

how are you mindful to help steer

them to a place of resolution

at a younger age of some of those issues?

- I'm very aware of it.

And so I think it's cool to show them now

when they're listening the most,

and they're asking somany questions to say,

"Hey, daddy was scared.

Daddy was scared in the Super Bowl.

You know, I was afraidof a negative result.

And I dealt with these thoughts.

We all have vulnerabilities

and everybody's going through something.

Failure is just if you stop, right?

So you just gotta keep on chipping away.

Some things you can get over in a day.

Some things take years."

Punting in the street can be a bad idea.

What do you think about that Maxwell?

- Bad.

- Bad, that's right.

- Your book, "The Middle SchoolRules Of Thomas Morstead,"

it addresses childhood vulnerability.

I'm looking at the quoted reads,

"Putting yourself outthere to be vulnerable

is a sign of strength, not a weakness."

What is on the other side

when you get past that vulnerability?

- I think strength, confidence.

A lot of people that dospecial things in their lives

that may have been theirstumbling block early.

I think when we tell our kids, though,

"This obstacle is gonna make you stronger.

This thing that you're going through,

the struggle, it's going to build you."

I want my kids to be as challenged

as they grow up as possible,

'cause we're gonna be there for them.

I think the book is so good for parents

to read with their children.

My parents, the impact that those two

have had on my life and theentire surrounding family,

that support system, hasnever been in question.

It's never been eroded at all.

- Your foundation, WhatYou Give Will Grow,

inspires others in the giving spirit,

especially here in New Orleans.

What do you find to bemost underappreciated

about giving of oneself to others?

- What you give will grow,

and what you keep you lose.

Some people think about it andin terms of their own life,

you, you know, we have a life

and you can't take what you have with you.

I tend to think of it from a standpoint

of many of the things thatare worth investing in,

I look at the longterm piece to it.

That's why children are so wonderful,

because they're truly themost eternal investment

you could ever make.

And I've just found thatthe more that you pour into,

whether it's things that you do

or the people that you're around,

the benefits come around like tenfold.

- [Tom] How does your companionship

with Jesus Christ help navigate you?

- It's pretty evident rightnow that everything's unstable.

I grew up being doubting Thomas.

I knew about doubting Thomas

and that was always a thing for me.

And I think that's one of the reasons

I feel so sure of myself.

No matter where I've been in life,

I think that firmfoundation and stability,

it's always there.