An unapologetic Florida coach Urban Meyer told reporters at Thursday's Sugar Bowl press conference that he did not disclose the fact that he was rushed to the hospital by ambulance with chest pains because he was trying to protect his children.

And Meyer made it clear that he had no regrets about that decision.

ESPN obtained the 911 call that Meyer's wife Shelley made after he passed out and was unresponsive in the early morning hours following the Dec. 5 SEC Championship game. The Gators lost 32-13 to Alabama.

"This will be the only comment I'll make,'' Meyer said when asked why he put out misinformation about the incident. "I think that when you're dealing with family members, I have three children that mean more to me than anything. I have a football team that means more to me than anything. I didn't want it to get out at all. We were very careful. I didn't want to alarm them. I think at some point, whether you're a football coach or a lawyer or whatever. You'd think that at some there would be a lot of respect for families involved and children - 11-year-old boys, and 16-year-old girls and 19-year old girls. You do what you've got to do to protect them. If that means not coming out with full details about something very personal, if you can't understand that, then first of all you've got to recheck yourself. And second of all, I think at some point you certainly will understand that.''