Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, for the first time, publicly addressed the email controversy that cost him his job last October.
Gruden, who is currently involved in a lawsuit against the NFL claiming the league singled him out, spoke Tuesday at the Little Rock Touchdown Club in Arkansas.
Gruden, 59, said he was going to be "honest" with the gathering.
"I'm ashamed about what has come about in these emails, and I'll make no excuses for it," he said. "It's shameful. But, I am a good person. I believe that.