Michael Bennett Quotes (24 Quotes)

I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.

My neck's doing good. The motion is there. The pain is pretty much wearing away. I want to be safe about it, but I'm ready.

It's easier to snap out of a bad rut now, ... because guys have the confidence and the ability, knowing they can go out and make a play. I think this is a veteran team. It's got a lot more mature players on every end, and that really helps the team out.

It's reached a crisis. If the only people who can afford to move down here are retirees, we kill our economy. There won't be a work force to support them.

I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.

It's definitely been an emotional day for me all day. I counted my steps coming in off the field from the beginning of the tunnel to here. I was in tears. It was tough. It means so much to me, being a Viking for five years. Hopefully, I've got some more time here, but I've got to look at the overall picture. It was a good way to go out, if it was indeed my final game here.

Really, I'm at a loss for words. It humbles you, but it really makes you feel like (expletive). To go from doing a lot to doing nothing, it makes you feel like (expletive). But at the same time, we have no control over anything whatsoever.

I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.

You just stay focused. It's still a long season a lot of things can change. My thing is going out each and every time I get an opportunity to be out on the field and do my job. I have no speculations on what's going to happen or if anything is going to happen. If it does, I just have to go with it.

Listen, I, I did vote - I did cast a vote for health care, and I also said that I thought the process was horrible. The status quo before we passed health care was also horrible.

Fumbles are something I pride myself on not doing, ... My goal is zero. The season just started, and I got two in one game. Now I've got to go back and redo my goals.

He was talking about how one of the defensive linemen was stinking so bad it was making his nose hairs stand up.

My goal is zero (fumbles), ... and I had two in one game. That's very uncharacteristic of myself. But I've got to be perfect. I can't make mistakes.

Wait just a minute. They didn't keep us out of the end zone. I was tackled in the end zone for a safety in the fourth quarter. Get your facts straight, or get a job working for the New York Times .

I wouldn't have believed this, but it happened today, so we've got to get better and move on,

It's going to be like a playoff atmosphere, ... The Giants' fans are very rowdy, but we're just going to have to continue to improve on the little things. We need to take this show on the road and hope things continue.

My injury, ... is officially a thing of the past.

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven't invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven't even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

Being here five years, I just wish I can go out in the stands and pretty much just shake everybody's hand and just thank them for their support and just continue on. Like I say, it's definitely going to be tough.

Give me a break. Jerome Bettis had those same numbers in a game last year, and ended up with two touchdowns. But, never fear. The NFL is all about improvement. Sunday, against the Bengals, I plan to reach negative one yard in half the number of carries.

It's hard to just sit back and watch. I've never done that before. (The coaches say), 'You're going to have a big week this week,' and you practice well, and you're in the game plan, and then you only get your number called two or three times.

I think the team we have last year liked to go up and down the court. I think they will work well in that system and put their trust in what Thompson believes will work.

My teeth are loose. It's going to be a long time before I am able to hold a whistle between my teeth again. I have been doing games for 18 years and I have never had anything happen like this. I guess they were upset that I made that last call.

It is a distraction, ... But I won't let it bother me. ... I can't do anything about it. I can just do my job, and if I get shipped out of here, then it's out of my hands.