I expect to win out there.

There's not anything, I don't think, that I can do or accomplish

I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others

God, I know that if you bring me to it, you will bring me through it. I know you have a plan, but quite honestly I don’t see it right now. But I know it’s there. I know I have to believe. I know I need to have faith. I have to trust you. And I do trust you. But it’s hard right now.

I get people stopping me on the street like twenty times a day, telling me how great it makes them feel and how it just helps them to go about their day and rebuild their lives. It means a tremendous amount.

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.

The only team that believed in me was the Saints, and I feel like I owe them a great debt of gratitude. I want to give them what they saw in me-a guy who could lead this team to a championship.