I don't want to make this a racial thing, but it's significant. I am very, very deeply honored to be involved with the rest of these guys in this great fraternity.

I don't want to make this a racial thing, because it shouldn't be. But it is significant because it was the first time.

I don't want to make this a racial thing, but it is significant because it is the first. All the guys who played the game before me as African-Americans have to share in this a little bit. This is the crowning jewel to my career.

I don't want to make this a racial thing, but I think it is significant. It shows that we have arrived at the pinnacle of our sport.

The game has taken me back to Springfield and I am so deeply honored and humbled to be in such a sacred place.

Now the game has taken me back to Springfield and I am so deeply honored and humbled to be in such a sacred place.