BREAKING NEWS:

Southern California native and former Los Angeles Raiders and USC quarterback Todd Marinovich said from jail Friday that his most recent drug-related incarceration is a bump in the road to sobriety.

“Each time that I’ve made an effort at it, I’ve had more fun and stayed clean longer so why stop now because of this bump in the road. It’s no different than the bump five years ago,” Marinovich said. “I don’t know any other way to see it. It’s just like throwing an interception. The best people are going to throw interceptions. It’s about dealing with the next possession, the next breath.”

Marinovich was arrested Sunday in Newport Beach for felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor counts of unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle and resisting a police officer.

He pleaded not guilty earlier this week and will have a pretrial hearing on Sept. 6.