“I can remember in the national championship game in 2000 he had a pulled quad out on the field, ... He was digging a ditch as he's running that day, dragging his foot behind him. I'm trying to pull him out and he's saying, 'No, coach, no, coach, I'm staying in.'”
“He was having second thoughts, cold feet, and he had made his final bid rather quickly without really thinking about it. After considering it [he] decided that maybe it wasn't the right thing to do.”
