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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed.

I love my fans and have devoted my life to reaching out to them.

The bulk of my fans are my age, and I'm aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it's addicting, really.

I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls.

I've met fans that are 9 months old to 90 years old.

I love my fans, and I try to keep in touch with them as much as I can.

You can't go wrong with reading the fans and letting them tell you who they like. I think that's really paid off for me in the long run - being down to earth and just really cool with each and every fan that I meet - and they've really supported me through thick and thin.

I like people in general, which is why it's fun for me to interact with my fans.

I think the core of fans' relationship is one that vacillates schizophrenically and mercurially from reverence to resentment. Fans fetishize the players' athletic genius and both deify it and demonize it; witness the way awe turns into anger whenever a player holds out or flips off the offensive coordinator.

I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.