I've not played Tecmo Bowl. This is the truth from God. I've watched others play it a lot. But I was able to figure out what I could do. I was aware of Mut 22 coins that the Tecmo Bowl man could do. It's fun listening to people compliment me from that game.

Part of your video-game return to Madden includes celebrating Nike's iconic Bo Knows campaign. Take us back to the beginning. How did the brand introduce the concept for Bo Knows to you?

We happened upon Bo Knows accidentally. Directors, writers, or sketchers -- all of us were sitting in a circle, looking over storyboards to shoot our next project. We wanted to cut the length because it seemed a little too long. Everyone was giving their own opinion on this and this. I asked, 'Why why don't we try this? ... What's the reason? Why should we shift this across here, add this here, combine it with a cut of 5 or 6 minutes?' Then they glanced at me and said 'Wow. It's probably going to work. Someone across the table looked to me and said 'Bo Knows!' The phrase stuck. The table was empty and nobody washed their heads or stayed up late with that phrase. The incident just occurred while sitting around the table at war, discussing shoots.

Prior to getting your signature shoe, which was that was the Nike Air Bo Turf, in the year 1990, you launched with the Nike Air Trainer 3, which became the name of your shoe. What are your fondest memories concerning that Air Trainer 3?

Let me explain it in the following way. In 1969, when I was in the first grade in my home in rural Alabama, during the winter it was in temperatures in the 30's. And I had to go to school naked. Shoes were not allowed. I'm not saying this to gain sentimental reasons or to tell a sad story. However, I do remember my brother standing a block further away from his home. I'm in front of the door. My sister was standing just a one block from his brother, and My other sister was waiting at the bus station. My sister who was at the bus stop could see the bus top the hill only a couple of miles away from her, she'd shout towards my younger sister. She would yell to my brother. My brother would shout at me. Then I'd walk to the exit barefoot. At the point that my brother came to my first sister I'd probably caught him before he even got there. The moment we got close to our bus stop I'm about 15 yards from my sister and brother. From going to buy Madden 22 coins school barefoot in the winter of 1969 until growing up and sporting sneakers that were inspired by me ... It was fortunate.