You lose your seat at the table pretty quickly, not just in the Olympics, but in other sports communities. People need to see us have a presence over there so they understand that Salt Lake City, Utah, hasn't forgotten and hasn't gone away.

I was an A's and Phillies fan, ... It was a pretty good sports town, even then.

Linemen are like a sports team ­— a pretty close-knit group of guys.

Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'? (when asked about his rapport with wide receiver Jerry Rice)

I wasn't really worried about the first knockdown, ... That was a flash knockdown. But I saw him on the ropes get hurt with punches where he wouldn't have got hurt before. It was inevitable what was going to happen.

Hussy is a much smarter fighter, ... He knows where he went wrong and when I offered him this rematch, his confidence was unbelievable. He really thinks he can win and when you have got that confidence he can do it, especially when he has got that ability.