Darren Sharper Quotes (49 Quotes)

But saying that, I still have to be sound. I can't expect him to do the same things he did before. His ability to fool you might make you think one thing and do another thing.

Our goal is to win the division. Each of these games are must-win games, and they are because they are divisional games, and they come back to bite you at the end of the season,

Being on teams that won in the past I can kind of sense when a team has the pieces in place to win and win it for a while. And, with the youth we have and the depth, the experience and the talent we definitely can win here for a while.

That's just what I felt. Now I'm on the good side. It felt a little weird at first, but it's an adjustment that I can make. It felt good to put on the purple and get out there with the fans. They embraced me.

We've got youth and we've got experience, so we've got all the ingredients to be a top defense. I think we have things in place now to make a run at the Super Bowl. You always want to add depth and some playmakers, but I think we have the pieces in place to be a dominating defense.

The main thing you have to do is go out there and concentrate on your job. When you're in the locker room or out on the field, you really can't worry about the outside issues that are going on. Winning also helps out a little bit. It makes you feel a little better. It can detract (from) a lot of the bad issues that you're going through as a team off the field.

I was tired, ... We were on the field for 20 minutes the first half and that's tough, especially the first game because your conditioning is not there. But that's nothing but an excuse. We need to continue to play and work through that.

I can't answer that. There were times when to his credit he wanted to play and I wouldn't play him because of the injury. And then (it) finally got to the point where we ended up playing him. But we never put anybody on the field with the idea that they could hurt themselves in future games or years and that wasn't the case last year. But to his credit, he was chomping at the bit to play and we ended up playing him.

It would be nice. I think if it came in a better season, it would be a little more enjoyable, but it would still be a nice personal accomplishment. Records are made to be broken, so we'll see.

This time, I wanted to make sure I didn't come back unless I was able to play to a level where I wasn't going to be hurting the team,

I'm going to call all those guys and hopefully give them some encouragement.

The whole season was emotionally trying. We went through so many ups and downs, on such a roller coaster. It was a season that had a lot of scenarios, good things and bad things. But the end result is we had a winning record, and that's a positive.

Not at all, ... Everyone gave their opinion on what they thought, and all of those opinions agreed with me.

He had an angle and I saw him with his head down, running, and I thought, 'He's not even looking at me,' so I went ahead and cut back,

I know I didn't do anything wrong. So I don't worry about it at all.

I know one thing. If anyone thought I wouldn't look good in purple. Hah, hah. Look at me now.

I may have been on the enemy's side for years, but now I'm on the good side. The Vikings' side.

I can't even remember, to be honest with you.

I still might have hoped that Green Bay was 1-4 and we might have been 4-1, but that's not the case, ... Both teams are scrounging for a victory.

Packerssafety Darren Sharper notes the future is now for a team wanting to make a postseason push. It is a one-game season, ... as in one game at a time. That's what it is.

It has been shocking, because I know that we have the talent out there to perform better. With the careers that we've had and the resumes we brought into this team, we're not performing at that level.

I really don't even think it's a distraction. Those are things that happen outside the locker room. ... We've done a great job of not letting those things affect us.

When you have talented players, it's a matter of time. You're going to start to play well. Early in the season, we didn't have everyone executing what they needed to do. We didn't have a common cord, doing things as one. We have that now.

You never hope to have an incident like that pull you together, but I think our team did get closer, tighter. But Chicago came in and whipped our tails anyway,

We just kept fighting, and that shows the strong character and chemistry that this team has, ... We had the attitude of, 'It's us against the world.'

I'm shocked. When I came here, I thought we'd have a chance to win a championship, and right now it doesn't look like we have a chance at all.

It will be like playing ones vs. ones in training camp. The only thing is if I get to blitz I finally get to hit him. He won't be wearing that red jersey.

I would have assumed or predicted that the records would have been a little bit different going into this game. I still might have hoped that Green Bay was 1-4, but I would have hoped we were 4-1. But that's not the case. Both teams are starving for a victory. That's all we're trying to concentrate on now, trying to win a game.

We need to get back to being more aggressive as far as challenging receivers and their routes. A lot of times, what we're doing underneath allows them to convert on third-and-6 or third-and-7 because we're dropping back 9 yards. We need to get a little more aggressive.

I never believed people saying he wasn't a pocket passer. I saw first-hand from the sideline that year when he came up to Green Bay and basically sat in the pocket and picked us apart.

They came out and made an adjustment, a different formation, and we tried to check into their formation and got a lot of people mixed up as far as what we needed to check into.

It's expletive deleted. Expletive deleted. They're trying to make the offense score more points.

You know I can't tell you that. It's a lot of things (the Packers) have a tendency to do. Stuff that you can really notice from watching film but also little things that I've seen. Whether it's players, whether it's schemes, just little stuff. Hopefully we can use it to help us out.

I'm having a blast, ... I think just having a fresh start, coming to a new team the energy that this team has and the organization has as far as expectations. The guys I'm around are just great guys. This year I'm having the most fun I've had in any year in the league.

(Slowik) was a real good tactical, break-down-the-offense type of coach. We knew what to expect for games. He also was a good motivational coach. Overall, I feel he was a good coordinator for us. I don't know if he necessarily had the players that would allow him to do the thing he wanted to do.

It doesn't mean that I have any ill will or any animosity toward Green Bay, because they allowed me to become the player that I am today and to have the career that I've had thus far.

Continuity is the best thing for our team to improve. We can win a championship with the staff and players we have here.

I never really thought it would come to this day. I don't have any loyalty there anymore. It will be ironic that I have to cheer for those guys, but I have no problem swallowing my pride for about three hours on Sunday and wearing a Green Bay Packer hat.

It was tough for me to hold back some emotion when I saw it on the bottom of the screen. I talked to him, and he says he's going to come back stronger. That's the type of attitude that he has.

As far as being a teammate, that comment doesn't really make sense to me. You want the best for your teammate. Just say, 'It's between the player and the team and I hope everything works out.' You don't have to make it seem like you're against your own teammate. When he says, 'I hope they don't give in,' he's rooting against the player.

Some of them have things they have to do, but about seven guys will be going with me. I should have thought twice about that, but that's all right.

A lot of people ask me that and I compare it to a marriage,

He has worked out. He has been taking care of his body and doing the things he needs to do to play at a high level, and I think that's going to pay off.

When it comes to a game as big as a Super Bowl and plays can go either way, you never want to have that happen. But that's something that you have to live with, as a player or a coach, knowing that it is going to be weighed on a person's judgment. That's why they brought in replay, to try to take away some of the error in judgment by the referees. But you can't go back and fix everything. You really want to make more plays than the other team so you don't have to worry about the referees coming into play.

That's something we have to improve on. We've got to tighten our coverage up. But we also have to improve at getting to the quarterback.

(Roman) is healthy and playing a lot faster and more aggressive than he was last year, ... I've had a chance to see the other young kid, Collins, a little bit. He looks like he's going to be a good player for them. He wears the same number as LeRoy Butler (No. 36) and is kind of similar to LeRoy as far as build.

We're going to check our mail, hopefully we don't get anything, because if we do, it's not going to be good,

I don't really think he has (declined). Last year was a prime example. This year has been pretty much the same thing. I don't really think you can say a quarterback like that can wear down. It's like John Elway or Dan Marino. When you have that rifle arm and knowledge of the game, you can't really wear down.

We still were in the game. When your leader goes out like that, your other guys have to step up and try to make something happen.