Secrets of the Super Bowl Quarterbacks
SUPER BOWL XX
The only thing I remember about the Super Bowl week was that we were having a great time up until Thursday morning. I was woken up twice by irate fans saying they were gonna kill me, then I went down to the team breakfast where our GM was upset at me. Then Mike Ditka walked up and asked me if I had really said those things. I told him I had no idea what he was talking about. He went on to explain that a TV reporter said that I had called the women of New Orleans sluts and that the men were stupid. I asked him when I supposedly made those comments, and he said on a radio show that morning at 6 a.m. I said, 'You really believe I would get up at 6 to do an interview when I'd been out most of the night?' I told him I had no idea who the reporter was and that I'd never made those remarks. Even if I'd thought they were true, I wouldn't say that to the media. The rest of the week was a nightmare. Women were picketing the hotel, there were bomb threats, none of my teammates would stand by me at practice for fear of being shot. I just wanted to play the game and get the hell outta there. So the Super Bowl, to me, wasn't fun. I'm glad we won, but I didn't feel safe 'til we got on that plane the next day. My week was ruined by an idiot reporter. That's just one of the reasons I don't get along too well with the press.-- As told to Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN.com
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