"Long after he retired, well into the summer, former quarterback Kurt Warner received numerous requests from former teammates and people close to the organization to return to football and the Arizona Cardinals.

Even Warner's agent, Mark Bartelstein called his client shortly after the Cardinals benched Matt Leinart to see if he had any interest in returning.

"And he didn't," Bartelstein said. "He was only worried about his posture on 'Dancing With The Stars'." "