Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, currently a contestant on that showcase for show business has-beens and wannabes known as Dancing with the Stars, will announce on Tuesday night’s broadcast his retirement from the National Football League.

And while many have assumed that Taylor joined the ABC dancing joint for the sole purpose of getting himself in line for a post-football career in acting and/or infomercials, he has fallen in love with dancing, which he is now referring to simply as “the dance.”

“I love the dance,” Taylor recently said.  “No matter whether I reach my dream of winning the Lombardi Trophy of the entertainment world, I plan to move to New York and pursue a career in the dance.

“I’ll start from the bottom.  I’ll show up for every audition.  I just need to find a good set of leg warmers, because I’m kind of tall.”