I would say this probably compares to our first time, Super Bowl IX. It's very similar, these young guys we have, just like the players then. It's really their turn, their time up. The kind of people they are, it's a close team, they've done things the hard way although it probably worked out, home and away. |
I would say we're partners with the players now. There's owners that would resist it now, but ... I really think that's the way it should be. |
I'll never forget this because our doctor told (Rooney) he didn't think Rod would be able to make the trip and that they were thinking about checking him into the hospital, |
I'm just a regular guy from Pittsburgh. |
I'm not really for that. But I have to listen to what's being said. He's not the commissioner for the small markets. He's not the commissioner for the big markets. They have the same goal. |
I'm very proud of the way this team played. We played super defense, and how about our quarterback making that tackle? |
If anything, since March more people have come to realize it's a bad idea, |
If that kind of stuff won games, we'd all be doing them, including me. |
If we are fortunate enough to win, we'll have a nice present for the city of Pittsburgh when we get back there on Monday. |
If you have good people, why change? If you keep making changes all the time, you're like an expansion team, always starting over. Stability is everything. I believe if you get the right person, he's going to come through. |
In some regards, we would have been better off [the old way] because the other people wouldn't be able to go after our players because they wouldn't have any money. |
It feels great today, I'll tell you that. The coach already told me we're going to the Super Bowl to win it, not just to be there. |
It is going to be by itself, I think. That is what our hope is, to do it that way. |
It starts before the draft. We interview them, and we talk to them about it. We want players who are a good fit for our locker room. And having smart players, that's an important phase of it. |
It was a compromise by all parties and I think that makes it great. |