I'll tell you, there were only a few games in my career where I was totally oblivious to everything around me, where I was in the zone.

First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned.

Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls.

Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.

And once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price.

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.

All you can do is put your story out there enough times and hope that a couple will understand that no matter what type of athlete you are - there were no athletes better than I was, there was no one who had more going for him than I did, there was no athlete stronger mentally than I was.