At times, though, Rosenhaus has been an unpopular figure in the NFL as he has represented controversial figures like Terrell Owens as well as Chad Johnson, who is currently threatening to sit out the 2008 season if the Cincinnati Bengals don't trade him before the season begins.

During Owens' last days in Philadelphia in 2005, Rosenhaus coined the phrase "Next question” while speaking with reporters.

He recently made a YouTube video, imploring the Bengals to trade Johnson for the good of both his client and the team.

Rosenhaus, however, has another side, sometimes not seen.

In 2005, he saved a 4-year-old boy from drowning in a pool at a hotel in Orlando. Rosenhaus administered CPR and resuscitated the boy before paramedics arrived.

This weekend, Rosenhaus was in Oklahoma to support the second annual Tommie Harris Celebrity Classic, which raises funds to help prevent child abuse.

Tommie looks at the Oklahoma alumni in the NFL as his extended family. There's a real camaraderie among the players. Tommie is a real big part of that. In my opinion, being based in Miami and representing a lot of guys from the University of Miami, Miami and the players have a reputation for having a great bond. I would say the University of Oklahoma is similar to that. Tommie is very close to the guys he played with and is loyal to them.

I don't root for any college in particular. When I watch a college game, there's usually a player I'm interested in from a recruiting standpoint; that's my focus. I grew up a Dolphins fan, but now that I represent more than 100 players in the NFL, I don't root for any one team, I root for my clients. I like to see Duke win, but it's not a passion of mine. I love the fact that I went to Duke and enjoyed going to school there. But the last 20 years I've been so obsessed with my business that it's been hard to have any focus on college basketball.

I think there's a misperception out there about me. People look at agents and they think that they're just guys out there to make money for their clients. I can't speak for other agents, but as for myself, I care about my clients like they're my own family. I'm focused on helping my clients in any capacity I can. Not just getting them the best contract, but being their friend, their confidante, being family to them.

People don't understand that I'm not out there just trying to get a player a top contract. I'm out to help these young men grow and have a better life after football and during football to be the best that they can be because I'm in the business of helping people have better lives.

I don't like to consider myself a pioneer, but if other people do that's fine. If I can help improve the business, if I have in the 20 years, agents are better, they have to work harder, get better contracts, take better care of their clients. I'm trying to establish a standard of excellence other agents are going to be compared to. That's the most important thing to me.

In terms of my notoriety, I think it has to do with representing the best players, like Tommie Harris. When you represent the biggest guys in the game the way we do, you're always in the center of some kind of significant negotiation.
The most difficult situations for me are when players are under contract and they're clearly underpaid. It frustrates me that if a player has a long-term contract and he gets hurt or underperforms, he'll get cut lickety-split. But if a guy has a long-term deal and he outperforms or overachieves, teams are very reluctant to reward the player. They're expected to play out the deal. That's the most difficult thing for me right now. I'm not an advocate for holding out. I'm not an advocate for being a distraction. I'm not an advocate from taking attention on the field to off the field. There are a lot of guys I represent who have overachieved on their contracts and I'm flat-out frustrated with the way things have gone with their teams.

I understand the media focuses on certain things, but I try to expose all my clients to notoriety when I can, when it's appropriate. I don't want to be known for representing a small group. We represent a lot of guys and we have a lot of positive situations going on right now.

The perception is out there that I represent a lot of malcontents. For every one of those high-profile negotiations, we've done 43 deals since January 17, in excess of $450 million. Of those 43 deals, no one knows a thing about them. They weren't controversial. All people want to talk about is the ones that are high profile. So that's not really representative of what we're all about.