"I see you picked a jockey."
"I remember my only possession well – it was a handball to David King."
"Watching the Crows receive their medals and hold the cup up killed me inside but also lit a fire within all of us at the club. We wanted redemption and were going to stop at nothing to get it the following year."
"It was close to the best moment of my life."
"My first All-Australian really proved that I could mix it with the best in the country and gave me a tremendous amount of confidence."
"It was my hardest year at the club. You (Carey) left a big hole."
"To be singled out among a bunch of superstars was kind of embarrassing to be honest."
"We’d always dreamt of playing in the AFL together when we’d kick the footy in the backyard and when it became reality, it was hard to believe."
"Jimmy Bartel was the clear standout that year and absolutely deserved the award, but to be equal second with Simon Black was rewarding in itself."
"Playing for Australia is something I will cherish forever, let alone being captain of such an amazing group of players."
"To captain a proud club in North was a career highlight and I’ll never forget it."
"People started writing me off and said I should retire and that the game had gone past me. I was pretty fired up the next week against the Eagles and just wanted to prove all the doubters wrong."
"I consider ‘Arch’ one of my good mates and it was a special moment when I equalled his games record and eventually surpassed it. I still consider him on of the best competitors I’ve ever played with or against."
"We needed to bounce back hard after losing to the Gold Coast the previous week and we managed to notch up a big win against the Saints. It was one of those games I didn’t want to end. I felt like I could have run all day."
"I’ve run out of superlatives for Brent Harvey in terms of the way he wills himself to get our team over the line,” coach Brad Scott said.
"It wasn’t until Michael Tuck, Kevin Bartlett and Dustin Fletcher came out to Arden Street on Tuesday that it really sank in."
"His numbers are the same or better than they've been during my time at North Melbourne, which is just remarkable," coach Brad Scott said.
"He's just a remarkable athlete and a really driven competitor."
