Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone.

My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'

I'm just a little kid from Akron.

I have a responsibility to lead, in more ways than one, and I take that very seriously.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.

With that locker room I could sleep there after games.

No place is better than Akron.