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

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.

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

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.

Pressure is what you make of it. It makes me play harder.

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