I don't believe in figuring who's the underdog. I just know that the team that gets the best record gets home-field advantage through the playoffs and then if you win that, you go to Detroit. ... We look at it as we simply play the Steelers and the winner is the best team in the world. |
I don't know how people can say they played great when they lose. So I played OK. It would have been a little bit better if we would have won. |
I don't live my life trying to prove anything. I set high goals for myself. I set high goals for my team, and as a group, we just try to achieve them. Contracts are contracts. They're just part of the business that's after football, but it has nothing to do with what we do on the field. |
I don't really listen to talk. Usually, when people talk they get my linemen upset, and after a while, they stop. |
I just don't care, I know who I am. Before this year, I wasn't the short-yardage guy. That wasn't my choice, but I'm not going to sit here and complain about it. We had bigger goals, and that was winning. |
I just think no one is perfect. If you asked them (the officials), they'll probably say they could have had a better game. You can't take nothing back. What you can say is Pittsburgh won, and everybody has to go and knock them off because they're now the defending champions. |
I just think teams have been doing a good job of kicking my teeth in. |
I kind of put them in everybody's locker and then took off. |
I let Mack (Strong) beat up on people, and I run behind him. That's going to work. It doesn't matter what other teams do, it's always going to work. |
I love my wife and she was knocked out, so I was cleaning at 2 o'clock this morning. It's just a fun time. I'm so proud of everybody in this organization right now. We have a true family atmosphere where everybody is doing whatever it takes for us to win and keep going. It's fun. |
I made a couple of phone calls and spread the word -- the first 15 family members that call me for tickets get to go. The tickets weren't around too long. |
I never really thought about whether it could be done or not, because awards are exciting but they're not the end-all, be-all. Being 13-3 was a goal for us ... Those all come with setting the first goal, which is being good. |
I never really thought I could be with another team. But it was neat to be with the Carolina guys. |
I never watch the TV news or read the paper, so anything I hear comes from the linemen or (fullback) Mack Strong. They were more upset with the Shaun-hasn't-had-a-100-yard-game or he-got-knocked-out talk. But it's football. You just hope that at the end of the game you have the lead, and we've done that in back-to-back weeks now. |
I really don't pay attention, because I don't really ever watch the news or anything like that. |