The coaches hate each other, the players hate each other... There's no calling each other after the game and inviting each other out to dinner. But the feeling's mutual: They don't like us, and we don't like them. There's no need to hide it, they know it, and we know it. It's going to be one of those black and blue games.

Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn't know who they were!

Everybody hurts when you lose. But he takes it hard.

Everything I do is for my mom. Every time I step out there and try to get better, it's for her.

People really appreciate the way I play.

It's well known that I play aggressively. When I'm not doing that, I'm not doing my job.

Everybody was ready to put Denver and Indianapolis in the championship game. We're the same team that went 15-1 last year and made it to the championship game. We're coming from a different perspective now, being on the road playing two tough road games. We all believed in one another, even if no one else did.