I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it'.

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

The autumn wind is a Raider, / Pillaging just for fun; / He'll knock you around, / And upside down, / And laugh when he's conquered and won.

If you can show something as complicated as two people falling in love with just music and camera angles, well, just think about what you can do with football.

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames.

I never thought of what I was doing as a way to sell the NFL. I was making movies about a sport that I loved, about players and coaches that I respected. I wanted to convey my love of the game through film. And most artists convey their love through art. And my art and my love was expressed through film.

I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from Harvard made a tour of Europe.