When they took Roy, they told me about him, ... When they took Mike, they (didn't) say (anything) to me. I didn't know what to think. I put it like this: 'It's like 50-50 with me. They don't know if they can count on me or not.' So it was a good business move. You can't knock the hustle.

Everybody's talking about there's going to be a problem with egos, but I brought Mike in with open arms and showed him as much love as any receiver here. Deep down inside, Roy knows what's up, and Mike knows what's up. I want to catch 10 balls a game, but if I do I do, if I don't I don't. I ain't gonna trip. Competition brings the best out of you. Some people get the best brought out of them on Sundays. It's every day out here.

When I was a kid I was told anyone could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.

I really think the homer changed Roy. We had the momentum early and gave it back. But when Mike hit the homer, you saw a different Roy. He was aggressive. He got to be the Roy of old.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me. Of course, the mother I know the most about is the mother of our little group. She has been for 22 years trying to raise to maturity four children, three by birth and one by marriage. While she hasn't done a good job, the poor soul has done all that mortal human could do with the material she had to work with.

Really, what I told Mike was — and I put myself in the same category — you get so caught up in this that it, at times, appears to become more than life and death,