Jeremy Shockey Quotes (30 Quotes)

That's one of the loudest I've heard the stadium in a long time, and it wasn't even full. As players, we hear that and it really helps us out.

It's great to have this behind me and to know I'm going to be with the Giants and with this group of guys for a long time, ... This is a big relief and it means I can just concentrate on playing football. No one knew the negotiations were going on, so it

We didn't want this thing to be a distraction. It was totally under the radar. This is special for me. The organization showed they'd like me to retire with it. We can just toss around the football now and that makes it so much easier.

I played against him a couple of times and we always put an asterisk by his name as a dangerous player.

I'm definitely not 100 percent. We'll just see how it goes this week. I'm going to do a little bit today and hopefully a little more tomorrow and keep building it up.

This is the biggest stage in America, ... If you like competition, if you like the spotlight, if you like being pointed at for every little right and, more importantly, every little wrong, this is the place to play.

I told him right when I met him, 'Whatever you heard about me, I really love to play the game,' ... I really wanted to make a good impression.

a threesome with a mother and her two twins.

He's going to be leading us to the playoffs for a lot of years to come.

You should have your best players on the field. The whole offense suffered from him not being out there. We lost, that's the bottom line, but people saw what he can do.

It's time to start turning things around here.

With this offense it's exciting to be on the field, and I know I will be playing for a long time with these guys,

If we get off to a strong start, we can be as good as anybody. Last year we started strong and it went downhill. When everything's going right, we can't be content and let our guard down. We can't let that next opponent punch us first, like what happened last year.

It's very satisfying to have the kind of talent to put up that many points, ... Now it's a matter of being consistent.

I just know that I need to be better than what I was the past couple of years,

It's no fun watching your friend and teammate get hit back there, and drop back and get hit every other play. I was ticked off more than anything. I was telling some of the offensive linemen that we've got to stop this thing before it starts, unlike last year when teams kept teeing off on him. We've all got to give him time to throw because if he has time, he's definitely going to pick defenses apart.

I thought they might have been missing a guy on the field. I think they thought it was a run and they left me wide open. There was no one there. I don't think I've ever had that before.

I understand his point, but it's really not fair. It affects the whole team.

When I was making all those crazy mistakes, he would put his arm around me and he said, 'We all make mistakes.' He helped me grow. He never gave up on me.

I was blocking somebody and I got shoved in the back, and the next thing I know, everybody's fighting. There's no bad blood. That's how football is. You might as well do it now, when you don't get fined and NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue can't take any money out of your pocket. Do it now, get it over with. I'm sure it happens at every other camp.

We played pretty well the first two games and got a little complacent and thought we were better than we were.

Last year, it just didn't work out - the program, the way I want to do things, ... The majority of that is because they work out on artificial surfaces. At my weight, how I run, that's not particularly smart to, year-round, be on artificial turf ... I don't have to explain myself to Coughlin. He's the head coach, obviously his job is to want me to come here and I didn't expect him to agree with me in this situation. I just dealt with it.

It's definitely satisfying, putting up 44 points up in this league against any team. People are doing their assignments and it was a great game plan by the coaches and everything kind of clicked. As a team, we're definitely satisfied with putting 44 points up. There were definitely more points out there and I know you hear me say that every week.

(The time off) was probably a blessing in disguise. He got his arm rested. He got to step back and watch like he did his first year. So it's not like he was out of it completely. He's on the same page with us.

Late in the second quarter, Manning deftly slipped a pass to Shockey over the middle for 20 yards, moving the Giants to the Saints' 12. On the next play, Barber burst 12 yards for a touchdown and a 21-7 lead. Give him time and he'll do great, ... He gets more confident with every start and he'll get better every game he plays. He's really close to having a great, breakout game.

There is no person on this team that deserves it more than Amani Toomer. He's been a complete team player and an outstanding teammate to play with. He made great plays all through the game and really won the game for us.

It's good to see that Eli didn't let the crowd get to him,

Special teams have been playing great this year. My hat goes off to them every week. They make plays and they have to continue to do so and that's just a sign of a team playing well together. That was a huge play.

All I can really control is what I do on the field, how I play on Sundays and how I work during the week, ... I can't really control what people think of me. They praise me now, but I guarantee if I start not doing well, they're going to start bashing me.

The game isn't until Sunday, so I don't think I need to be a hundred percent until then. I did more today than I did all week, and I think I'm getting a lot better. It's still sore, but like I said, the game is Sunday, and that's when I need to be a hundred percent.