Steve Young and Herman Edwards speak to local Rotarians

For the second year in a row, celebrities taking part in the American Century Golf Championship have visited a Tahoe Douglas Rotary meeting during tournament week.

This year, Hall of Famer Steve Young and former NFL coach Herman "Herm" Edwards joined the local community group for an hour of honest observations and questions and answers.

"It's fun to be with you," Young told the intimate group of Rotarians and their guests. "I feel comfortable here at home in 49er country. If I ever got into trouble I know you guys could hide me."

Young joked with Edwards who brought pages of notes to the club meeting. "We talk football ten months out of the year,: said Edwards. "We thank you for liking football!"

Both of the celebrity golfers give a lot back to their communities and Young said the Rotarians could understand that need.

"Herm is a great guy," said Young of Edwards. "He's a guy who naturally cares about other humans."

Young got involved in charity because he used to go to dinners put on by wonderful groups where people pay money to attend, and all proceeds go to fund the agency. "I told them, 'Let me just give you the money you'd raise at the dinner so you don't have to waste time putting on dinners'."

"I have to be part of the community, we're in it together," said Young.

"We live in a world where we work to make a living," said Edwards. "What we give is life." He said football was a vehicle to accomplishing that. He added that your last name is one of the most important things you can hand onto your kids.

On deflated footballs: "Every little things becomes a big thing, and it's then more difficult to give the perception that it's a fair fight," said Young. "We want to be perceived as the good guys. It takes just one thing to change that."

"Its about perception," Edwards added. "We don't want cheating to influence the game. Straight up, fight it out, and see who wins."

On playing football: "There are 1,800 professional football players in the whole world," said Edwards. "One percent of all children in the U.S. will be a football player. They are the best in the world but it's an opportunity, not a career. 25% of rosters change annually."

On memories: "Memories are great, but the game keeps going on," said Edwards. "Used to be an easy win against San Francisco, you just didn't want to play the guys across the bay with a patch. They would pillage your village."

On the fans at home: "I wish everyone who loves football could put a helmet on so you could see how restricted your sight is," said Young. "You see big blobs of nothing."

"Fans are the experts because they can see everything," he added. "It's not so obvious on the field."

On quarterbacks and receivers: "Jerry Rice would come into the huddle and say 'If you throw me the ball, we'll win'."

"Steve makes a good point about wide receivers," said Edwards. "They are like 7-11, they're always open."

"The hardest position to play is quarterback," said Edwards. "Great quarterbacks always know what's going on."

All funds raised during the breakfast will be put back into the community through Tahoe Douglas Rotary.