Lovie Smith Press Conference...

Here are a few things Coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears just said at a press conference after arriving in Miami for the Super Bowl...

On being the underdog...
Have a hard time saying we've been in an underdog role with our record...we've met all the obstacles... here's a stage where we can finish the job one more time... we will get that respect that we deserve.

On Peyton Manning...
Again we give them all the respect that they deserve... I've known Peyton for a long time, since he was a freshman at Tennessee but we have a couple of scholarship players too.. hopefully we can slow them down a little bit.

On prep for the game...
We got a chance to put in 80-85 percent of our game plan...right on schedule.. we need this week. Been a couple of weeks since we've played... get in some practice. Get one good padded day of practice in...we'll go from there.

On impact of Big Sandy (Smith's hometown)...
I don't know how much impact I've had on Big Sandy but it's had a lot on me...proud to be from there. A lot of people making the trip down.. It's a town about hard work, small town, football town, more in that Friday Night Lights type of setting.. proud to be from there. Hopefully we can make them proud.

On the word "finish" being hung on signs throughout the Bears hotel...
After last years playoff loss... we had to come up with something... we needed to finish the season on a high note, we didn't do that last year. It seemed fitting to have that as our word...we've stuck with it. We've had a chance to finish a lot of football games... we've played a lot of close games (Arizona) and some kind of way we find a way to pull it out. We're anxious to have that opportunity.