Ken Lucas Quotes (37 Quotes)


    We can't have that lackadaisical attitude that we had (against Tampa Bay). We're still not in. It's a tight race and we've got to go out and keep grinding.

    I thought that the administration needed bipartisan support, and I was for our commander-in-chief. Because I felt at that time it was the right thing do. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never voted for the war.

    It's reciprocal. He cares about you and you care about him. It matters if a coach gets along with his players.

    He hasn't thrown me a pick yet, but hopefully I can get one because I know he loves to give them out. When you watch any other game they play it seems like he's just throwing them up there for grabs. Hopefully, he'll do that this week.

    We weren't expecting a shutout, with them playing at home, and them having the No. 4 offense in the league. But once we saw we had the opportunity to get the shutout, that's what we were pushing for.


    It hurts to see my old teammates over there cheering. I would rather be the guy cheering and celebrating. But we both knew coming into the game that somebody had to lose, and unfortunately it was us. We take our hats off to them, and I wish them the best of luck in the Super Bowl.

    We help each other out. When we've played a common opponent, he'll call me and ask me how these guys play. And I do the same thing. He really didn't have too much to tell me besides what we both knew already.

    We've got to try to have another game like (this year's first meeting). This team is very capable of doing that again.

    We've got to protect our young men and women and we've got to win that, whatever the cost.

    I just had to laugh. It was hilarious.

    It's time for a change. Tom Brady had his time. Peyton Manning had his time. Only God knows what's going to happen next.

    We have a road-warrior mentality. This time of the year, that's an advantage.

    We're kind of low-key. We don't like a lot of attention. Keep talking about the other teams, and we'll just come out and do our job.

    We were in the driver's seat for two out of three weeks, and we didn't take care of the business. Our backs are against the wall now.

    The bottom line is we recognize that civil rights violations, even allegations of civil rights violations, is a serious matter. We're going to investigate all credible allegations.

    We learned our lesson last week. Hopefully if we get a second chance we'll do better the second time around. We've got two tough games left in the regular season, and both of them are still crucial. We can't have that lackadaisical attitude like we had two weeks ago. We've got to continue like we're down and we're trying to make the playoffs.

    Believe me, I want to be out there, ... But sometimes as a player you can put yourself in position where you hurt the team by being out there.

    I knew Chris (Gamble) wasn't 100 percent, and they were just throwing it over there up for grabs, and he wasn't able to do a lot of things he was capable of doing if he was healthy, ... I got on Number 11 (Fitzgerald) because they throw jump balls to him.

    It really hurts for me because I gave it all I had. It feels like a funeral to me because this might be the last time playing with a lot of these guys.

    He's a great competitor. He's one of the best wide receivers in the game. He's a game-breaker. When you get the ball in his hands, he can take it to the house on any given play. He's a very exciting player to watch.

    I think in the long run it will prove to be a good thing for the team and myself that we gave it a week off and let it heal. I hate to miss any game, but I think it was the right thing to do.

    We couldn't play any worse than what we played in the past. The only way to go is up, and we did that.

    I know for me sometimes I may get a hand on him, but by him being shorter I may lose him because I've got to bend down. Plus, he's so explosive in and out of his breaks - he gets on top of you so fast, he gets that step on you. Then he has great jumping ability, and he's fearless.

    It was just a total embarrassment we didn't put out a better performance. That was a very poor showing. We were supposed to be the best two teams in the NFC, and we definitely didn't look like it today.

    I think one of the first things Smoot did wrong was he talked a little bit too much before the game even started. The best thing to do is be quiet, just in case you have a game like he did. He brought it upon himself.

    We got talking about that today and we don't have an interception yet in the secondary, so we need to get one this week,

    The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived.

    The investigation aims to find out everything about him, his motives and thought process.

    It was pretty simple, ... We took Number 11 out of the game and made it a close game.

    Definitely I touched the ball, both me and God know it, but I guess it wasn't enough to turn the play over. Besides that, that wasn't roughing the kicker. Me and Pep landed on the ground and the kicker just fell over us.

    He had a great game plan for the Giants and he's one of the great coaches in the league. I'm just so happy to be here playing for him. It's one of the reasons I wanted to come to Carolina.

    I know he wants the ball every play. That's any great competitor. You want to make the plays, you want to be the guy to help the team win. He has that attitude. He has like an energy attitude where he wants the ball in his hands with the game on the line.

    He hasn't thrown me a pick yet but I'm hoping I can get one, ... I know he loves to give them out, so, ...

    He doesn't let anything get him down. Regardless of how many interceptions he throws in a game, he still comes back and tries to make a play.

    You thought, at the end of the game, that they would at least try to throw the ball for the end zone, but they just ran the ball and ran the clock out, ... It's good when you can make a team quit on you. That says a lot.

    I told my teammates that I think I was a disadvantage to them today, because they changed a lot of things today just for me. What we have been watching on film, they didn't do a lot of in the game today because they were afraid of my knowledge of their offense.

    I don't think we have a good plan for an exit strategy. I think it was handled poorly as far as not bringing in other countries.


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