Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich blocked off some time to field questions from Post columnist Steve Serby.
Q: Three dinner guests?
A: Lawrence Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank.
Q: Why Lawrence Taylor?
A: He's my favorite football player of all time. I read both his books. He just seemed like, "I don't care what you think of me, I'm just gonna ball out on the field."
Q: Lincoln?
A: I always respected the office of the presidency, it's probably the hardest and coolest job. I think he's probably my favorite president. He was also a guy, it didn't matter what anyone said to him, he did whatever he thought was right.
Q: Anne Frank?
A: My grandparents grew up in Germany at the time of the Holocaust, and my grandfather has told me tons of stories from that time. I guess I'd want to see her perspective and what it felt like. She was scared probably her entire life.
Q: Your grandfather and great-grandmother fled the Austrian-German border for a ship to England, but your great-grandfather had to escape the Nazis first.
A: My great-grandfather stayed behind to try and get some stuff together. Before he got to leave and take everything with him, that's when the Nazis started doing roundups. They were going through the whole town they were in in Austria. As they were going through his village, he snuck out the back. He left everything behind.
Q: Why were the Nazis looking for your great-grandfather?
A: My whole dad's side of the family is Jewish.
Q: Eventually, they all boarded a ship to New York with $10 in their pockets.
A: That's how they had to start a new life in New York. He did it by going on street corners and selling neckties. They started in New York. That's why it's kind of cool to be here.
Q: Boyhood idol?
A: I always wanted to be like my dad. He was always my coach and everything when I was little. He was always happy and funny and just got along with everyone.
Q: Talk about the support he gave you during your battle with bone cancer.
A: We were very close. We used to play board games, card games, video games together. The great thing he did was really treat me the same as he always has. That's what I looked for from my family. Everybody outside my family treated me differently. They tiptoed around the cancer, people were on edge. The one thing he would have liked to have done was be in my treatments more and be with me all the time. I knew how hard it was for him to go to work every day wondering how I'm doing in chemotherapy.
Q: New Year's resolution?
A: I think my New Year's resolution is to find more time for myself this offseason. I want to be able to have time to visit some more hospitals and see more kids who are battling cancer.
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