Former UT defensive tackle Steve McMichael was inducted into the National Football Foundation's College Hall of Fame today. His comments follow. For a look at McMichael's days at UT and Freer High School, click here:

Hall of Fame moderator: 1976 to 1979 at Texas, defensive tackle Steve McMichael was a unanimous first team All-American selection in 1979. The Longhorns all-time sack leader, and in tackles as well, Steve McMichael.

STEVE McMICHAEL: Even something that happened this morning. I hear my wife. I was in the bathroom, she goes, "Oh, no." I come out and I go, what could go wrong today? I came out and she said she watched some TV. They closed down Canal Street today. So she's probably wearing out my credit card on 5th Avenue, so feel sorry for me about that.

But to be on a more somber note, my freshman year, the first game I started in Lubbock against Texas Tech as defensive end the night my father was killed. Now without the University of Texas becoming my patriarch, I wouldn't be sitting up here today. I promise you that. These universities that these guys come from are what football is all about. The morality, the fortitude, who you become in your life. All of these guys will tell you that. The thanks goes out to the university, the coaches, the guys they played with the most.

You're not out there playing an 11-man game by yourself, because they can stop you. If you don't have teammates playing with you that are great themselves, you're not going to get any notoriety. And that's who I want to thank is my teammates. The Texas Longhorns. Hook 'em Horns. Thank you.