I told the kids at the time, 'Let's see if you can back it up,' and, my gosh, here they are. What these kids have done is simply phenomenal.

I enjoy her in a different way than I did my own kids. … Since I'm retired, I have more time to be with her and go places,

I think we're peaking at the right time, just prior to the playoffs. The kids are really excited and they have brought the defense to our opponents, especially over the last six games.

I'm really pleased to see Eli and Lawrence get the state recognition. The honors are icing on the cake for the type of seasons they had. They had tremendous careers and will be greatly missed.

We've seen some big (opponents). We don't care to see all the big ones.

He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms of the deal mattered, too. I have a family and I didn't want to be moving around every two years.