“He just has that natural born leader quality. There are certain guy you want to follow because of their attitude, because of the way they go about their job, and Chad is one of those guys.”
“It doesn't change our focus or our attitude. It's just one game. Most teams, this happens to them coming into a season. We hopefully got ours out of the way right now.”
“It's embarrassing. I think we are all ashamed of the way we played today. There are no excuses. I don't know exactly what happened. We just didn't play the way we are capable of playing.”
“In that game, I don't think we were blue, white, black, whatever collar. We didn't play well. We are that type of blue-collar team. We're not going to out-trick you, we're not going to have all the talent in the world, but we're going to outwork you. That's what we didn't do Sunday.”
“My main thought is all pain is temporary. It can't last forever. You can get through it for three hours in a game and then you can suffer and cry and everything afterward. That's the attitude I try to take. I often try to focus so hard on something else that it takes my attention away from the pain.”
“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'm smart enough, I'm not just some gladiator or some moron who's going to do something stupid. I definitely take care of my body. I want to still be able to walk my kids to school when I'm not playing football. I'm always going to be smart about it.”
