I have never been afraid to take a chance on myself. Since I started playing this game I have been taught and learned that this game is a team game and there are a lot of things more important than money. I believe I have always been a person that enjoys meeting challenges head-first. |
I just think he was wanting to go down with guns blazing. |
I just think he's as smart a player as I've come across. I don't think he necessarily has the quickest feet — he's not a Michael Vick — and he may not throw like Dan Marino. But he's smart enough to get the ball where it needs to be at the right time. |
I leave all the doubts up to the critics. I never doubted myself. I never doubted this team. I never doubted our ability to run the ball. Today was an example of what we're capable of. I know who I am. I know what I'm capable of. I don't let nobody me tell me anything different. |
I look at it, that's what you're here to do. You're here to put yourself on the line like that unless it's just hideous to do it. That's what football's about. Most of the time you're not going to play healthy, you're going to be in some type of pain. I believe a lot of times your value and your legacy and consistency depends on how well you deal with things. |
I talked to him a lot. I showed him around. I showed him where he would probably want to live. I told him he could have my place if he wanted it. I told him I'd do whatever it took to get him here. |
I think we accomplished our objective. I feel good, I'm going to go into the season as confident as I did last season. |
I think we had fun out there. The last game (in Kansas City), it was obvious, we weren't having fun. |
I think we're all ashamed of how we played today. We're all a little shocked that we came in here and got beat that way. |
I wanted to resolve the matter quietly and never felt like it had to become an ugly situation. This was not a hard decision because of the belief I have in the leadership of this team and my teammates, and that I have in myself. I have already begun to prepare for the 2006 season and am anxious to get the bad taste that the season left me with. |
I was always the one everyone wanted to pick on their football team, their basketball team and things like that. |
I wasn't really focused on (the yards). I'm focused on winning the game. I could have 2 yards or 200 yards. If we don't win, it doesn't matter. |
I will play with Chad any day, I don't care what anybody says. |
I would embrace that fully. Anyone who comes in here, they're going to have to work very hard to beat me out, and if they do that's going to make this team better and I'm all for it. |
I wouldn't agree with that. I believe you are what you are. Right now we're a 2-4 team. That's not what we're shooting for. |