If he feels like you've crossed him or something like that ? that you've stabbed him in the back ? he doesn't forget that. As a professional athlete, you've got to be able to move on. You've got to put the team first.

He didn't even know he got stabbed.

[On the outside, Anderson remained unsurprised. A few months ago he had crossed paths with the teenager just down the street from the auditorium. He said Glenn Wilson had smiled back to reveal a gold tooth -- which to Anderson was a sign.] I told him, 'Come see me,' ... He said, 'Don't worry. I'm going the right way.'... He knew what I wanted to talk about; he didn't come see me.

It looked like she was being stabbed.

I think I just went into a system that was willing to utilize me and gave me opportunities and I felt fortunate to be able to go to Oakland and put the silver and black on. I wanted to prove to everybody that I could still play.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.