I knew it was a great job but, the more I dug and the more I came up and the more I interviewed, I realized it was an outstanding job. It is going to be a great experience for me and I'm thrilled to be here.

He just hugged me and said, 'You've done your job, mom. It's my turn to protect you now.' I was just floored, you know, it was pretty unreal.

We're stunned, too. We did a great job for a team that doesn't give up. We knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. We just tried to keep the pressure on. We were just hot tonight.

We never dug down, we never made a stand, we can't just show up.

When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, 'Would you like to come and meet him?' I'm like, 'Are you serious? Of course I want to meet Michael Jackson! Where do I meet you? Where do we come?'

They wouldn't leave, they knew the job needed to be done and they were going to stay until it was finished. And that's exactly what you hope your fellow man would do for you,