Deion Branch Quotes (22 Quotes)

You can't turn the ball over, not in this game. In the playoffs, one mistake can cost you a whole season, and we had four or five. Our job is to control what we can control, and we didn't do that.

It's not the same camp without Charlie yelling at us.

Man, we gave the ball to Jamal every time. They never even thought about me.

I just wanted to see how everything turns out. I hope the best for him. He's a great guy, a great coach. You can pretty much see which way the program is about to go. It's a good thing for him, and also the program.

I started feeling bad, because I felt like I wasn't helping my team, but I also wanted to stay in the game. I felt real bad. I felt like I wanted to do more than I was doing, but at times you can't.

I look at a guy like Troy whos been playing 13 years and he still comes out and works like its his first or second year in the league,

He pretty much knows my body, sort of like (Patriots strength and conditioning) coach (Mike) Woicik does here, and he knows what to put me through to help me prepare for the season. When I come back, Im prepared. Im starting to learn how to take care of my body. I know my body. I know when I need to sit down, when Im really hurting. Im at that point now where I really know my body and Im listening to myself now.

If that happens that would be a good thing - good for the game, good for our organization - but it's Week 1 maybe when we get down to Week 20 we can talk about that. We've got a long way to go.

If you've got quickness and are smart, play in a good offense and know how to get open, the size thing isn't that much of a factor, ... Big is good, don't get me wrong, but it's not everything. There are a lot of so-called smaller wide receivers who are playing big.

Just the time weve grown from my rookie year until now, its so different. Coach gives us the flexibility to say, Hey, if you like this, you like that, do that. As long as you have the confidence to do it. Im glad he has the confidence in me that Im going to get open and make plays, because thats what Im going to do for him, and thats what Im going to do for my team.

When we thought that the running game was down, it's almost like an injury to a key player. When that key player goes down, that next person has to step in and fill that role.

In the playoffs, one mistake can cost you a whole season and we had four or five.

When we made our run in the second half, the problem was it was just a few plays too late.

He was either going to hit me or I was going to catch the ball. I think he thought I already had the ball. We needed something to happen.

This is the best Ive ever felt in my whole life playing football -- in my whole life. Even college, high school, all of that. This is the best Ive ever felt going into a season.

I wouldn't say it was my decision. That was coach's decision and that is what I went with. Overall, I feel good and I think it helped.

His main thing was that we are not defending anything because we don't have a title. We won that last year.

Oh, he shows you his appreciation after the game.

Thats the main thing -- staying healthy and staying on the field and helping your team win some games. We know in this game there are going to be some injuries, but you can try to help yourself stay away from that by doing certain things - keeping your body in shape and staying healthy. I think itll help me as far as longevity in the game.

I think the main thing for me is to be calm, because emotionally I am a very emotional guy once the game starts. My thing that I used to do is burn myself out before the game even started.

You follow it up with another Super Bowl. Thats the best way to follow that up. I set big personal goals. I always have my team goals. Those are first. I think my personal goals kick in as the game progresses -- as every game and every play goes on. I have personal goals, but my team goals are first.

Leave it up to him, and he comes through perfect every time.