Q: Okay, so your husband is tearing up this league right now, breaking all sorts of records, What's it like for you to be with him through all of this?
A: It's funny because this is the first year that I am actually so excited about everything that is happening, I mean you've seen him, he's very quiet, very reserved doesn't ever get excited about much. He kind of takes all of this with a grain of salt. I mean, after a huge game where he's broken records, he'll just come home and say, 'So do you want to watch a movie?' I'm sitting there saying, 'Hey, don't you want to jump up and down or do something crazy?" And he just looks at me and says, 'No, the movie we rented is due back at Blockbuster tomorrow, we probably should watch it." That's LaDainian. I think for him it has to marinate and soak in. I don't think its hit him yet. Once all of that is over maybe come April or May when he's just sitting around it will hit him.
Q: How else would you describe him?
A: Very simple, he's still the same from Day One, very quiet, very humble. I've never met anyone like him. It's very strange, I don't know anyone who can have what he has: the talent, the fame and just being so blessed and kinda just still so simple and more into the simple things in life, like going to a movie, going to dinner, going to the putt-putt. He says things like, 'Yeah, I broke the record but the hoopla's over, we've got a game on Sunday.' I always describe him as someone who has a very old soul, he's only 27 but he's not a normal 27, he's not into parties and clubs and being part of the scene and being in the midst of everything going on. He likes to be at home -- in those same ol' shorts and that cut-off TCU T-shirt that he's had for seven years with the fabric deteriorating.
Q: So what is your relationship like?
A: People ask me that all the time what it's like being married to him and honestly I can't explain it. We have a very normal relationship. We love to go to the movies. It's easy for me to have a normal life with him because he is so simple, I say to him all the time, "I don't think even you know you're LaDainian Tomlinson and he says 'What do you mean by that?' He just doesn’t know that he's a superstar. At home, it's very normal. Plus, it's not like I am married to the LaDainian Tomlinson that everyone else knows, it's a different level. He doesn't come home where he just broke records and I'm on my knees worshipping him, I'm like, 'take out the trash and clean up the dog poop because I told you to do it yesterday and now it stinks.'
We also have a date night every Monday. You see, everyday during the week LaDainian goes to bed at 9 pm because he gets up early but since he doesn't go to work on Tuesdays, Monday night is the night we go out. It's our night. He doesn't do any interviews, there's no anything, we normally go to the movies, or go-kart riding or to the putt-putt. He's just a big kid.
By the way, he'll be happy that I am referring to "practice" as "work." Every time I would say, "how's practice?" he'd say, "it's not practice, it's work." So now I've learned to call it work.
Q: Is there talk in your home about the MVP?
A: Oh no. We're not allowed to talk about potentially being MVP at our house. He doesn't like that conversation. I say, 'When you're MVP, do you want to have a party?' And he looks at me and says, 'We're not gonna talk about it,' and I'm like, 'No, I need to know these things, I need to plan.'
I am sort of planning a party behind his back. I want to do it at our house, have all his friends over, but I'm not allowed to talk about it so I don't know if I should plan or not plan but I will be ready just in case with some things lined up. Caterers, bartenders. His friends and teammates know if he's MVP there's a party. He's not superstitious, but he's just so humble that he doesn't like talking about what he's possibly going to have unless he has it. He thinks it's too cocky. Which I love that about him. He's just not cocky, it's the strangest thing. I don't know anyone who can have all the talent he has and not be. For him, it's not a big deal. He loves kids and he cares more about the community than anything else. I mean, he broke the record, we're sitting on the couch and he's says, 'You know we have our Christmas program on Tuesday?' I'm like 'yeah, I know.'
Q: I've talked to Shaun Phillips and Luis Castillo, two young guys on the Chargers who are housemates and who admit they are in total awe of your husband. They said they love playing with him and are honored to be a part of a team where this great football player is breaking records. However, they described him as someone who doesn't really say much in the locker room. He'll always answer questions if asked and is very gracious, but I got the sense that he's reserved and all business at work. I was wondering what your thoughts were on those comments?
A: It's funny because I've heard Matt Wilhelm and Jacques Cesaire say the very same thing. In fact, they've even asked, 'So what's LT like? And I say, 'Wait, you see him more than I do so you tell me." When his teammates started asking me what he was like, I sort of realized that he's also very quiet with them too. So one day I said to him, 'You need to have the guys over more.' He tells me, 'Everyone's not like you Torsha, you would have everyone move in." When I heard about the Jacques and Matt thing, I told him -- in a nice way -- he needs to be more open and talkative. It's definitely a point of discussion. It's not a bad thing, that's just who he is. He knows it's probably how his teammates feel, but that's him, he's quiet. He'll say, 'Torsha, it's not social hour, it's very serious.'
I certainly wouldn't kick him out of........ 
that the guy was doing. I heard it again the other day and just felt bad for the guy.
