Charlie Batch Quotes (17 Quotes)


    I've been to a couple of places, but this isn't the first I've been back to Detroit in a while. I was here in our bye week. During the off-season, I'm here twice a month. This is my second home. There are a lot of people I went to school with, a lot of friends I have are still up here.

    Right now, I'm the guy preparing to play this week. I'll go out and prepare that way and get the timing down with the receivers and make sure I get the verbiage called with the plays. Once you get the game plan down, everything just becomes natural at that point.

    I'm ready. I'm ready to start. I came in today preparing that way. I'm feeling comfortable, getting back into the groove of things ... and, unless that changes, I'm the guy preparing to play.

    The opportunity hasn't presented itself for me, but, now that it has, I have to seize the moment,

    Preparation-wise, it's not going to change anything. I won't know until we get to Friday, basically. If Ben practices, I'm sure that'll probably be an indication that he'll play. If he doesn't, I really don't know what to expect.


    It's been a while since I've started, but I have played in this league. You still have to go out there and practice every week, you still throw your routes and you still have to prove you're capable of making the team.

    They needed a roster spot. If things work out, I'll be back Monday morning.

    He basically led this team for the last 10 years when you think about it. We knew why he came back. It was no secret he wanted to finish his career with a championship.

    You have to get the timing down with the receivers, and make sure I get the verbiage calling the plays - you don't have to do that running the scout team - and everything has to come back to you. But once you get the game plan down, everything just becomes natural.

    The parents pull you aside and say, I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are sacrificing a lot for the community, and giving,' ... But I'm from here and committed to Homestead and the Steel Valley, and it's a no-brainer to me.

    Right now we have to continue on. That's part of the game as you prepare for a season. Whenever your number is called you have to be ready.

    Leaving the game on Monday, I had no idea (who would start this Sunday), but I knew there was an opportunity to play (against Jacksonville),

    I had a lot of people come out this year and take a look at the program, to potentially take something out of it for their own programs. The City of Pittsburgh is knocking down the door to get into this program, ... I told them, I'll be more than happy to

    Are there ways to get better Yes, absolutely. He's going to try to fine-tune those and obviously you want to win the Super Bowl, so his expectations in his second year are kind of like what Marino's were. It's kind of like, all of a sudden, 'OK, you're there. It's time to win the big one now.'

    He's been able to put this together and make sure the right pieces are in place. And we were pieces of this team.

    We talked a lot. We watched Monday Night Football together. We'd just talk about certain situations. It was one of those deals, what I may have seen early on. I was in that situation one point in time and I was trying to share some of my insights.

    It's just the situation that presents itself the top two guys are down, so, if you look at it, yeah, it's my opportunity,


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