"I'm not big into images. I'm into reality."

"We're going to make every effort to keep the Saints as Louisiana's team."

"I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for."

"Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana... We're trying to develop what we would regard as a new model for the Saints to operate in a rebuilt Louisiana."