The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum

I always, always hated it, ... but I was always the only kid on the team who could do it. read more

I always, always hated it, ... but I was always the only kid on the team who could do it. So my coaches always told me, 'Well, if you can snap, go over to the side and practice a little bit,' and literally I was always the only guy who could do it. So I did it in pee wee, midget, junior high school, high school, college. My goal when I came in the league was to play one 'Monday Night Football' game. Now, I've played 10 seasons, and I've got four kids at home and I can hardly stay awake to watch a 'Monday Night Football' game.

This is definitely a big catch,

This is definitely a big catch,

He had the strength and the desire and the passion and all that sort of thing within his game. He read more

He had the strength and the desire and the passion and all that sort of thing within his game. He also had authority. If he was running with the ball, there was no way that you would even think of taking it off him.

When I woke up this morning -- I was glad it was this morning. When you have a game like read more

When I woke up this morning -- I was glad it was this morning. When you have a game like that, you just pick up and move on.

Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing read more

Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth.

The kids did a great job of sticking it out down the stretch. Stanley has waited his turn all season read more

The kids did a great job of sticking it out down the stretch. Stanley has waited his turn all season and he hit some big shots for us.

It will be a lot of work.

It will be a lot of work.

In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us read more

In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step.