Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them.

Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

When the game is over, it is really just beginning.

My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

Lombardi has to have the highest threshold of pain in the world - none of our injuries hurts him at all.

Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.

Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job.