startling statement.

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.

The only mention I'll make of the Simpson case is that it provided a sea-change for all of our lives. I'm still the same lawyer as I was before, but the opportunities were somewhat different and I was asked to move to New York, at least part of the time, to do a television show.

These were tragic deaths. I think that people don't understand that we, on the defense, felt that very strongly also.

On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it.