He was not anything like what was portrayed to me by several people. ... What I found was a young man who had a passion for football. He was willing to work. He was willing to obey orders and discipline but needed direction.

I love having that kind of competition and that kind of talent because obviously that means we have a chance to be pretty good in that area of our football team.

Michael was a strong, brave man who went through a lot of battles.

How good is this defense? Man, we're champions. We said we couldn't say anything until we won a championship. But now we've won it, so you can say we're a great defense.

What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute

He's a powerful enough man that when you line him up inside, he can collapse the pocket. That makes us better on the perimeter, because he can take some pressure off those ends to have to get to the quarterback and force him to have to work towards our ends.