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 not out trying to prove anything. All I'm trying to do is go out there and help my team any way I can to win. I don't get caught up in the individual stats or the awards.

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.

I really find myself doing a lot better when I'm injured, so sometimes I look forward to it. This is the style that I play-being physical, running the football, making adjustments on the pass, avoiding the rush. Those sorts of things go with the total package of a quarterback.

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

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