He's very motivated, very studious and he has tremendous instincts, so that's a pretty good combination. His talent lets us do a lot of things that you could not do with not many people. He has that rare ability to play at all levels of the defense. |
He's very quick, and he can make plays with his feet and his arm. He is also very accurate, and his ability to escape adds to his overall package. |
I haven't changed a bit over the years. I have tried to learn from all these people and have tried to dissect what makes them so successful. What is it that made them better teachers, better communicators? |
I never got my uniform dirty. I had the best seat in the house. Our front seven just swallowed everything up. |
I think that's a compliment to Larry. |
I think there was more an advantage then than now because no one did it. They're keeping you from substituting. Manning's probably the best that, if you try to substitute, he's going to catch you most of the time. |
I try to stay out of Troy's way. We establish parameters for him, and he has to be at a certain place at a certain time. |
I'm not sure how much that hair weighs. As long as it doesn't slow him down, I don't care. He can grow it another foot if he can get another interception. |
In his unique way, I think he creates not any better than those guys but in a different manner. |
It was pretty neat, really. I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said 'Small things seem great to people of small circumstances.' That seemed like a pretty great thing to me. It was a tremendous compliment. I took it that way. I've never seen anything like that in this league. |
It's a nice even number, isn't it? When I reached 30 years, I didn't think about 50. But we're a little closer to 50 now. So we'll see. I'll take it one snap at a time. |
It's not just the scheme we use. It's the players. |
Make no mistake, they've got a great quarterback. It's not easy to hold him under 20. Our guys did that and it gives you a great chance to win. It was the execution of our players. They did a great job with their timing. |
Nobody ever gets the guy down. |
Nobody remembers who loses the Super Bowl. Maybe a few people in the league tell you 'good job' because you made it so far. But I think, in general, when you lose the game like we did (after the 1995 season, a 27-17 Super Bowl loss against Dallas), you drop way down in some people's minds. |