I think there was a time last year and the year before when we were down in the cellar. We didn't have a lot of confidence in this team, this system, but we stuck it out and we prepared each week as hard as the week before, ... It's paying off now.

Diabetes is all about insulin levels and sugar levels and what you put in your body.

This team is very resilient and they bounce back. I think this team is going to have a great week of practice and get ready for LSU. This game is gone.

You get to a point in your career, I think, it's not even about money. You're secure. You want to win Super Bowls.

[Cutler didn't want to leave his teammates behind as it turned out. He was one of several seniors who wanted to see it through after all the bumps and bruises and hard times of playing through inexperience.] Just the guys on the team, guys I came in with, ... We were extremely tight. I'd feel bad leaving with one year left. We'd been through a lot together.

It's hard enough as a kid these days to feel normal and just try to fit in. To be a diabetic is just a dramatic thing to go through.