You talk about the [armed] service teaches you how to depend on each other, the service makes you aware of the common good and strips that down. Guys who go into service get to have that. But that's a high price to pay in this day and time with going into service.

I grew up with great coaching, and it had nothing to do with sports. I had great parents. I really got some great input from there. They were entrepreneurial, middle-class business people.

But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they're teams that don't have a lot on the table. They've long since not had any serious investment in their team.

Sports that are continuous and never stop don't give us the opportunity to segment our messages.

I have never had a problem dealing in areas of ambiguity. I can make a decision and not have it all lined up just right.

Other sports culminate at different times of the year, but the NFL is in the fourth quarter - that's where the money is.

We've all got to get on the same page.