The night before the Super Bowl is the most nervous you will ever be in your life
I'll never forget down in being down in Miami when we played the Bears, I woke up at like 3:00 AM Sunday morning... I literally went out on the balcony and it's three 30 in the morning and I'm just staring out thinking of the possibilities... the nervous energy doesn't go away until the ball is kicked off and until you get hit in the mouth.
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