Really, we were six or seven years into the AIDS epidemic at that time, and I think it was a move that offered an acceptance. You know, sometimes movies are great because I think they can precondition society for acceptance, and I think when they do that we're really at the statesmanship level of film-making.

That was the Reagan era, and it was a great time for those kinds of movies ... a time when we wanted larger-than-life heroes.

I don't think we should panic. There were a lot of new guys out there for the first time. It's a complete team effort when you're out there on that kickoff, and if one guy gets out of his lane or doesn't get across the guy's face, it can wipe out a whole side. And it happened on one kickoff (against San Diego).

I want them to remember the feeling they had when they completed something--some for the first time in their life--not only completed it, but successfully completed it. It will help them the rest of their lives.

It's like liberal and puritanical at the same time.

Ecstatic with the lap, absolutely dumbfounded at the outcome, ... It was my third time in a front-weel drive car (Mosport 2004) and I really liked this track. I was really excited coming here and expected to do well -- just not this well!