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Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks and Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots held their final news conference ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl XLIX on Friday.

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SOUNDBITE on how practice went this week: Pete Carroll: "We've had a great, great two weeks and it's been nothing but fun. The opportunity that presents itself with playing in this game is so special, so unique everybody's tuned in, we're grateful for being here. We're thrilled to have the matchup that we have with a great organization and Bill (Belichick) and the way they do things and they've done so well for so long it presents a, just as high class a matchup for us as we could expect. Everybody's in good shape for us, we're ready to go, we're fortunate we made it through without anybody getting nicked and about as healthy as we could have hoped to be at this time of the year. So we're ready for it and it's really getting close, we can feel it and we're ready for gametime."

SOUNDBITE Bill Belichick: "Yeah, we've had a great week down here. Our hotel setup, the (Arizona) Cardinals (practice) facility, the accommodations, everything's been great. We've gotten a lot done, certainly it's a huge challenge to prepare for the Seattle Seahawks. They're a great football organization, they have a great team, they're strong in every area. I think everyone knows how much respect I have for Seattle and Pete (Carroll) and the job they do. So I don't know if 'fun' is the word I would use, it's been a huge challenge and it's a tough team to prepare for but I certainly have all the respect in the world for them. I can see why they were the champions last year, why they're here again this year, they do so many things well on so many levels and we're going to have to try to match that performance on Sunday. But, that being said, our team is excited, they worked very hard to get to this point and we're excited for the opportunity and I think it will be a great matchup."