A winning team doesn't do dumb things, and we did a lot of dumb things the other day, ... Redemption is not the word, getting better is what you call it. Last week we laid an egg. The whole team did. ... We just need to line up and play. |
After a while, just getting to the playoffs isn't going to be good enough, ... You're selling yourself short. We want to go, and go deep, and play until February. |
Don't underestimate Brooks Bollinger, |
Five years ago, I was old, ... Then I turn around and had a couple great seasons. I was a good guy. Now we have trouble running the ball and now we're all old again. The writers, the fans and everybody, they switch sides according to how well the team is doing. |
For a lot of guys here when he was here, we know what he's capable of. He's 41 but he's probably better than 16 or 18 of the starting quarterbacks in the league right now. |
For me and Pete Kendall and some others, we have to win pretty quick, ... (Bill) Parcells used to say, 'There's no light at the end of the tunnel in training camp.' For us, the light is starting to shine and we want to get to the Super Bowl before the light gets all the way to us. |
He didn't say I'm going to be here, but he never said I'm not going to be here. It was his normal approach: 'He's the coach, this is what we expect out of you guys.' There's no reason to believe that he wouldn't be. |
He's a guy that can make the big plays and help us win the championship -- that's what we want to do. He knows how to do it. |
He's a guy that can make the big plays and help us win the championship ? that's what we want to do. He knows how to do it. He's won three with the Patriots. Hopefully, he can bring that experience, intensity and work ethic and help all of the young guys that we have in our backfield. |
He's almost a folk hero. |
I still believe that I'm probably the best guy on the market. I guess people look down on 35-year-old centers who make the Pro Bowl six times. |
I still get nervous, but not in a bad way. It's more anticipation for the game and going out to do what you love to do. It is OK to be nervous, you just have to remember at your age to go out and enjoy it. |
I think it's neat that a lot of us who came in at the same time are still here. The things that I've seen them do, Curtis and other guys in this locker room, over the last eight years are things to be remembered. |
I think it's playing out exactly like we thought it would. |
I think it's playing out exactly like we thought it would. We said as a union that in order for free agency to go off without a hitch, the owners would have to figure out how to divide up the revenue. It's not necessarily the percentage that we're asking but how they spread the wealth. |