1967Willie Davis, Green Bay defensive end, on the $15,000 he earned in the Super Bowl: "It's kind of like putting sugar on top of ice cream."1978Dallas Cowboy linebacker Thomas Henderson, on how exciting it is to be on a Super Bowl team: "I feel like a rat in a cheese factory with the cat on vacation."1983Mark Mosley, Redskin placekicker, on the importance to him of his Super Bowl ring: "It may end up in the gutter, but if it does, I'll be wearing it."1984The Rev. Roger T. Scott, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Lexington, Ky., addressing a half-filled church on Super Sunday: "You don't know what tough is until you've faced cold weather, Kentucky basketball and the Super Bowl in one day."1988Steve Watson, Denver wide receiver, on why the Broncos, but not their Super Bowl rivals of 1987, the Giants, made it back to the big game: "I think it comes down to the fact that they wrote more books than we did."1988Steve Sabol, president of NFL Films, on the difference between Super Bowl I and Super Bowl XXII: "There were no blimps at the first Super Bowl. This year there were three blimps. It will live forever as a day of blimpfamy."1989Randy Cross, veteran 49er center, choosing his words carefully as he announced his retirement after the Super Bowl: "I'm not a boxer. I'm only going to do this once."1990Karl Mecklenburg, Bronco linebacker, on what his team would need to do to beat the 49ers: "Defensively, I think it's important for us to tackle."1992Gary Clark, Washington Redskins wide receiver, when asked before the Super Bowl what was the one question he hated most: "That one."
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