I think he said something like:
“I’m not going to Disneyland.Bite me.”
Took me awhile to find it, but as a proud Chiefs fan, this wasn’t an exercise in sportsmanship:
Lombardi declined to answer. He just kept his grin.
He was asked again.
This time he unloaded his pent-up emotions.
“This is an NFL ball,” he said through his teeth. “And it kicks a little bit better, it throws a little bit better and it catches a little bit better.
“Their defensive backs are weak, weaker than I thought they would be. That’s where we beat them. They also didn’t have enough depth.”
Lombardi tried to stop himself there, but we egged him on.
“I don’t think Kansas City compares with the top teams in the NFL,” Lombardi went on. “Dallas is a better team.”
Lombardi looked at us with satisfaction. There were 10 of us, or so, around him a semi-circle.
“There, dammit,” he said, “you made me say it.
“Now I’ve said it.”