I want people to say when No. 9 was out on the field, he did everything humanly possible to win a ballgame.

I think I've always had the abilities, but the object has been to perform as well as I can.

It was the family tradition. I wanted to live up to the name-McNair.

I've never believed anyone could put more pressure on me than I put on myself. People expect great things from me. I expect great things from myself.

I actually enjoy the pain. That's what gives me the fire inside to get up and keep going.

The sense of urgency is real for me, because the window of opportunity is closing. Gotta get back to the Super Bowl, gotta get back there and win it.

I'm proud of where I come from. A lot of people leave Mississippi, and their claim to fame is somewhere else. But I have so many moral values that made me the person I am now.