It brought Pittsburgh into the picture of football teams in the National Football League that, ‘OK, you have to deal with us now.’

The zone is a place that you rarely visit. It's not some place you go every week. The zone is sacred ground.

As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team.

Everyone knows the presidential candidates and has an opinion about them. But as you get to smaller races, that evaporates and you can win through sheer elbow grease.

Winning the Super Bowl was obviously a great one, but the joy I felt of going to the Super Bowl, it was what I felt about the Pittsburgh Steelers and where we came from, the history of us to that point.

When you win and you don't have anyone to share it with, why win? You have someone to share it with you.

Donald Evans is a favorite person of mine. His worth ethic, his attitude and his dedication really set him apart.