I don't know where all this talk came from, ... It has been going on five years, and I'm still playing. It has become a running joke: 'When is he going to retire?' |
I don't know why you all wasted a trip down here. |
I don't play the game for records. I play to win games. No one wants to go through a 4-12 season again, and if I do come back it will be because I think this team can win in 2006. |
I don't think there's any substitute for experience, because experience sometimes is better than talent. But if you're unsure of what guys can do, there's only one way to find out and that's play for real and see. |
I don't think there's one specific thing that would make me say yeah or no. It's just a culmination of a lot of different things, that being one of them, |
I don't think we'll call any different plays because Bubba's not in there. |
I don't want to say that they're just happy to be there, but they're kind of trying to find their place and this is their opportunity to make it or break it. But for me, I'm trying to get this team in the end zone and win. |
I feel like when I'm on the field I will always have a chance to help this team win and will be the difference, ... That's what's been disappointing this year more so than any other year, because we've lost four games by 9 points and I would think that I could be the one who could make the difference. |
I felt I was accurate with the last pass to Fergie. I had what I wanted and I felt like when I threw I was fine but looking at it, maybe if it's that much further (about 2 feet), maybe we got a play. But that's the difference in this game, |
I felt like I did everything I possibly could do. And it wasn't enough. |
I found myself, probably over the last 24 hours, a couple times saying, 'Why me?' or, 'Of all places . . . ' ... . . . [But] as quickly as that thought popped into my head -- it popped into my head probably more than I would like it to -- I try to remind myself of the things to be thankful for, which there are a lot. . . . . To have tragedies in my life is no different from anyone else. It's just that mine are on TV and in the papers and things like that. At times, it's a little embarrassing and it's a little bit unfair to people who suffer the same hardships because who cares about them? So I try to remind myself of those people. |
I give credit to Cleveland and give credit to Detroit, |
I guess at times I was blind to why I was not enjoying the game, |
I guess, ultimately, it comes down to just whether or not you want to play and run the risk of being 4-12 again. There's always that risk, and the chance of us being 12-4. I would probably be more surprised if we were 12-4. |
I hate to compare this to the tsunami. But in a small area, it was like that. |