We thought that maybe could go 0-3. We knew nothing about Toms River North and we had no idea about Woodbridge.

It's nothing like on TV, ... On the way down there we knew we had no idea what it was going to be like. I've been shot at before in life, and it wasn't as intense as what I saw.

No one nationally thought it'd be a year where BC would be No. 1. We knew we would be.

I thought there might be a few people around. I had no idea that I would encounter this incredible turnout, ... Watching these Connecticut Yankees get ready to help some Cajuns in Louisiana, southerners in Mississippi and Alabama, is a great sight. If you want to know what America looks like, what we ought to look like, take a look at the picture behind you. This is America at its very, very best.

Maybe no other show is good.

I knew going into this stretch that it was going to be rigorous, and I had no idea how my body would react so quickly after surgery. In conference with my neurosurgeon and physical therapist, they both believe I simply played too much too soon.