Deuce McAllister Quotes (12 Quotes)

There's a lot of anxiety. There's uncertainty about what's going to happen, what's going on. It's devastating because of what happened to the city, what happened in Mississippi and other places. . . . I watched. I tried to keep up with it and see what's going on. . . . Unfortunately, you have to expect the worst. Many of the worst things that could have happened, they happened.

I think it's hard, not because of football, but because there are people inside. You can always play a football game somewhere.

We thank the NFL for giving us a home game in New York and raising all the money they did. But when it comes down to it, we have to play football.

What the hurricane did was bring a close team a lot closer. The whole atmosphere, staying in a hotel, apartments, condos, in San Antonio. The hurricane left people fighting for their lives and we want them to know, if they don't give up on us, we're not going to give up on them.

I've had to change my game some, ... In college it was more of me being able to outrun people. Now it's a time to line up inside the tackles. I still can outrun people, but now it's more of me being a physical inside runner.

It was not good enough. We were sporadic as a unit. We had some positives, but we had too many negative plays. . . . Field goals are nice, but we have to get in the end zone.

I gave a statement and said what happened. I'm not out there recruiting for anybody. Ole Miss isn't paying me to recruit. I'm not stupid. I know the rules.

Hopefully they'll be our fans, but that has yet to be determined. I guess they'll cheer for us if we're playing well, but if they don't you can't really blame them because in a way we're kind of borrowing or renting these fans. But hopefully they will be our fans.

Deuce has been ready, but people out there weren't really paying attention until Ricky was gone,'' Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks said.

There's pluses and minuses to it. It all depends on how well he can adapt. Obviously, the coaches he surrounds himself with will have a lot to do with it.

It's a tough situation. Your heart goes out to the people who stayed and lost property. At least property you can replace it. You can't do that with a life.

McAllister said he'd been unable to reach about 15 to 20 friends and family members in affected areas, including some cousins and his high school basketball coach. He's a real good friend of mine, ... I don't know if he and his family got out.