This was the toughest game, all the pontificators, all the people on the radio, the print media saying, 'Well, you guys haven't won in 21 years. That creates a negative flow.

This was only the first step. But this is a special team. This team has come a long ways. And if they keep believing, they will be in Detroit (for the Feb. 5 Super Bowl).

He stayed in shape, even into his 40s.

You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.

He threw me under the bus in the media, saying, 'I tried to get hold of Nick and he's refused to do it', ... Why would he phone me the night before? He had four or five months to ask me. If he'd asked me earlier, I probably would have [accepted].

We're not saying all the facts (reported by the media) are accurate. We're saying the story has to be followed.