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This is an online exclusive story from ESPN The Magazines Body Issue 2016. Subscribe today!?And for more from the 2016 Body Issue, check out espn.com/bodyissue,?and pick up a copy on newsstands starting July 8.If you watched HBOs Hard Knocks last year -- or, really, if youve watched any football at all the past 12 seasons -- youre probably familiar with veteran tackle Vince Wilfork, as well as his wife, Bianca, whos never far from his side. The two-time Super Bowl champ sat down with the Body Issues Morty Ain -- and Bianca -- to talk about body image, runner calves and schooling Randy Moss on routes.Morty Ain: Why did you decide to pose for the Body Issue?Vince Wilfork: I just think its a good idea for people that are bigger-boned. If people can look at me, a guy thats 325-plus, doing an issue like this, Im pretty sure that they might have a little confidence. There will be critics, just like with everything else. I think a lot of people will get a laugh out of it, Ill tell you that. Im looking forward to what the locker rooms going to say. But at the end of the day, Im perfectly fine with who I am as a person and what I have accomplished. It shows a lot of my personality.MA: So what do you hope that these photos show about your body?VW: A lot of people look at me as a big person. Some people consider me to be obese. Some people consider me fat and sloppy. But I think this shoot will give people a different look at what I am. Everybody knows that I have a big stomach, but I think sometimes that overshadows everything else on my body -- from my calves to my back to my shoulders to my biceps, you name it. What people go to the gym and work for, I have. The only thing I dont have that they got is six-packs. But I really dont care about six-packs.Bianca Wilfork: And lets not forget that in the football world, youre considered old as well. Old and maybe washed-up by some standards.VW: Yep. The one thing about me is, I dont care what people think. It all starts with yourself. I believe in myself. I love myself. So its kind of like, they can shove it up their you-know-whats.MA: How is the Vince on the football field different from the Vince off it?VW: A lot of people tell me that off the field Im more of a loving person.BW: A gentle giant.VW: I love to have fun. I do my own shopping. I do my own yardwork. I like to garden. I like to fish. I like to golf. Im an outdoorsman. I like to cook. But when I hit the stadium, I click the switch, because I know Im there for a job. I get in a whole different mindset when I enter the stadium. But once I leave Im back to being a father, husband, a friend.MA: Whats it like to be someone your size in everyday life?VW: People who dont know me, when they see me they kind of step back and just stare at me and say, Dang, hes a big dude.BW: Good thing you are an athlete, because if not, then they would just be looking at you for your size [laughs].VW: True fans and guys who follow the sport, they know who I am. But sometimes I do get those people that look at me and kind of stop and just stare at me, which I hate.BW: And then theyll say, Do you play ball? and hell tell them no, hes a gynecologist.VW: Yes, thats what I do.BW: I think one of the worst is when people come up to you and they say, Man, youre bigger in person. Like, is that supposed to be a compliment? Were like, what, am I supposed to say thank you? What the hell?MA: Bianca, you mentioned that you never see guys Vinces size in the commercials for Under Armour or anything like that. How do you feel about that?BW: It pisses me off because I know that theres not a lot of marketing advantages for him when it comes to certain outlets. You dont see Vince Wilfork-sized guys on the Nike commercials or Under Armour. But yet you have somebody thats going on 13 years in the league, four times to the Super Bowl, a great guy on and off the field. You couldnt ask for a better fit ... hes just got a big tummy. I feel like its almost discriminatory.VW: I dont give a s--- about that. In general, when youre marketing stuff, you want to have a certain look. But I always thought it would be awesome if you had more offensive and defensive linemen with Nike brands or whatever brand it may be. You cant play football without offensive and defensive linemen. But everything you see is always geared toward skilled positions. Its unfair for big guys, because its harder for us to get noticed because we do the dirty work. We dont catch the touchdowns. We dont throw the passes. But at the end of the day, any football coach or any football player will tell you everything starts up front. If you dont have guys up there doing what they have to do, nothing will work.MA: Is your size a product of the job? How much of it is natural?VW: Some of it is born a certain way, and some of it is because of what I play. At the end of football, do I want to be this big? No. I dont need to be that big anymore. But for what I do, Ive been this way for 13 years and it never stopped me from playing the game at a certain level. It never stopped me from being a Pro Bowler. It never stopped me from being in Super Bowls. I missed one season, and basically I had major one injury in my career in 12 seasons. As a nose tackle or as a D-lineman, thats kind of unheard of. So people can sit and say Im too big or obese or whatever; well, look at the facts. Look at my career and look at my history. You see the durability and the level I played at.MA: So youre naturally this size?VW: Im naturally a big dude, yes. I was 308 in high school. And Ive been between 308 all the way to 350. I can only imagine when I finish football and I get the weight off, Ill probably feel things different. But for 20 years Ive been this size; basically its the only thing I know.MA: Is there a particular part of your body that youre most proud of?VW: I love my calves. In high school someone told me, You got runner legs. And I say, what the hell does that mean? Hes like, well, your calves; you dont have fat-people calves [laughs]. So to this day, Ill be talking about myself in the meeting room and Ill say, Man, look at that dudes calves. And everybody laughs at me, but I have some good-looking calves.MA: Youre actually incredibly fast. Whats the fastest youve ever run?VW: I clocked a 4.8 in the 40. At over 300 pounds. But, hell, I havent run a 40 for a long time [laughs]. Ever since the combine. I dont do that anymore. But all my life Ive played different sports. Basketball was another sport that I played a lot. I did the shot put. And in football, I was never a lineman when we played pickup games. I was always a quarterback or a receiver or a running back.MA: Is it true that you used to play one-on-one against Randy Moss in practice?VW: Oh, absolutely. Randy taught me how to be a great receiver. Hes a good friend of mine.MA: So you would guard him on routes?VW: No, I would always be the receiver and he would be a DB. I liked to run a jerk route. Oh, man, I would love it. To this day, any receiver that runs that route, I love it because its kind of unguardable. That was my go-to. We had a lot of fun.MA: So if we asked him, he would freely admit that you were taking him to school?VW: I know him like hes my own blood, and he would never admit that. I mean, he never admitted it when I did it, so you think he would admit it now? Heck no.MA: What is your favorite thing that you do to train?VW: Swimming is probably my main conditioning. It gives you a full-body workout. It builds endurance, builds your lungs strong, I mean you name it. And I like that the older you get, you try to find different ways to train besides just pounding and running every day.BW: We have property in Florida, and he made his own sandpit out there. And we have orange groves, so he would run between the orange groves. And then go on a tractor with full cowboy gear on and move hay around the property and stuff in the sun just to get a good sweat in.VW: Yes, Ive done that. In my career Ive done a lot of things. Ive tried to push a car. That did not last long, trust me. I was like, you know, with me its got to make sense in my head. And Im sitting there saying, Why the hell am I pushing a car? Like, Can I do something else?MA: What is something about your body that might surprise us?VW: I used to be able to dunk, but its been a long time. I havent even tried to attempt it ever since I tore my Achilles [in 2013]. The first time, I got a fast break and I said, Well, its me and the rim. Either I dunk it or Im a strike, one or the other. And I ended up dunking it. And that was seventh grade. The neighborhood kids went insane.MA: [Laughs]VW: I used to do flips at 300 pounds. And I actually thought about starting back doing it and getting to the point where I can do it again [laughs]. But I havent started that quest yet. I might start this year just to show the world what type of athlete I am.MA: Im curious to see what one of these flips looks like. Is it like a double handspring?VW: [Laughs] Im going to backflip it if I ever get to do it.Cheap Yeezy 350 v2 White . PAUL, Minn. Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Supreme Black/Red . -- Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. http://www.yeezys350cheap.com/cheapest-yeezy-boost-350-v2-beluga-2-0-grey-bold-orange.html . 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