He has an extraordinary degree of talent and passion, and he was a little wild man. My job was simply to channel his passion, not to create it.

Talent is in a political no man?s land where he is in the line of fire from people on both sides of the issue.

I've known Rich for many years and I know of his talent and passion for sports in general. I knew this would be the type of project that would require someone who would be able to stick with it for a long period of time. It wasn't the type of thing where you could just call up the WWE offices and say 'Okay, we're going to go follow this guy, this guy and this guy.' This is a type of thing where Rich had to become accepted into that culture.

There are always, in every community, those who have a passion about their talent. And we just find each other. These groups are an entry level and can grow into something big.

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He was just a young man with a lot of raw talent and he continuously got better because of his work ethic. He was unique, because he took to the older athletes. Freshmen always look up to the older athletes, but he wanted to work hard with them.