I definitely take pride in the fact I was tough.

I take pride in what we did for the community with our requests. We always wish we could do more, but any recognition is progress. My main hope is that whatever we accomplished with the park won't distract from the principles behind it. A park is just a place. We need to keep Dr. King's dream alive by continuing to recognize the diversity of the people who live in this area.

That's probably what ate me up most inside. As a defense, we pride ourselves on stopping teams and keeping the offense in games. And lately, they've been keeping us in a lot of games.

Walking off the podium in 2004 with my team was enough.

There's no getting around it – I'm getting old,

I've never cried in my life, ... This moment was coming, and it's kind of tough.