Seven years after the last reception of his NFL career, David Tyree long since has come to terms with the fact it is the thing for which the world will most remember him.
But initially he resisted.
"When you're playing you never want to get stuck in a moment as an athlete," Tyree said before the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Spike Lee's "The Greatest Catch Ever," a half-hour film about his game-saving play for the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. It will be shown on ESPN2 at 9:30 p.m. Monday.
"I was anxious to just do that, to be thankful for the moment and be willing to move past it.