The one thing we learned in 2005 is there is no simple answer or smoking gun for this. This is a tough problem.

The only reason I'd go back to New Orleans is for closure, ... My life has gone through a dramatic change that I could not have done on my own. I was squinting before, but now my eyes are wide open. I'm blessed and grateful to be where I am today.

The only self-incriminating investigation that is considered valid is a plea of 'guilty as charged'. Since that will not be said concerning the Katrina debacle, the proposed process becomes a 'whitewash' or at least a 'light gray wash' and will not be seen as credible.

The only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.

The play that concerned us the most was the little inside fullback play. I thought we did a good job of containing (Brown). On film, it seemed like every game he was breaking wide open on several of those. I think that might have actually been the key.