Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it and don't ask for it. It becomes self-perpetuating. They don't know what they're missing.

I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.

I try to live in the moment, every moment.

People who have addictive problems usually have some subset of emotional difficulties that causes them to abuse substances.