Joey Porter Quotes (97 Quotes)

When you're winning, you get a little more pep in your step. You fix your collar a little better. When you're losing, you don't care how you look.

No way they're going to get two touchdowns in that amount of time.

We were able to lean on each other through the tough times, and that's what makes me appreciate the position I'm in now. I know where I came from, and I know how hard the journey was for me to get here. So I really try to appreciate everything I get.

Beggars can't be choosy. We're just happy to get into the playoffs. So, we don't care where we have to go. We're in the playoffs now and we know who we're going to play. So let's get ready to go.

It's the perfect way to walk away. Why do anything to tarnish your reputation

It was Jerome (Bettis) day today.

There is no need for us to stop now. You play that well, like we've been playing to get here, you save the best for last. Now this is the game that really matters. This is the history game. This is what makes you a part of history forever.

Sometimes we are mirror images of each other.

I'm not going to sit here and let that be a reason to spoil our victory, Carson not playing. This is the NFL and people get hurt it's not the first time someone's got hurt in a game. We've had people get hurt all year. You take your wounds and keep on ticking.

Nobody could watch TV or anything. The coaches gave us like 20 flashlights, and we all went out in the hall and shot the s---. It was like a campfire or something -- we sat there and told stories about everything and just talked about life.

No way we were going to give up two touchdowns.

It wasn't one of our better games on defense. We had a lot of mistakes and breakdowns.

Don't give up that quick hit. Don't give up that play-action big play. Now, the crowd's into it. Now, you have to honor the play-action.

I don't have to make a name for myself by talking on the microphone. I made a name for myself when I go out there and play football. I feel like what I've done in this league speaks for itself. I started six out of the seven years I've been here. I went to the Pro Bowl three out of the seven. If they don't know who I am now, they are never going to know me anyway.

I wasn't doing it to take a stand. But, I really ... That's old news. The new news is what can we do with Denver.

It's not even the fact we struggled at home. It's just the way we come in here right now. I think it makes us focus more as a team because they're counting us out. You know what I mean The whole world is counting us out. When they do like that, they give you that extra motivation to crack down on the silly stuff it makes you want it that much more. We're playing hard for each other.

I have my parade in my head, how I would plan it. But I can't tell you. It's a secret.

What a perfect way to walk away. I'm sure the broadcast table is waiting for him. He has a perfect smile. He's good in front of the camera. He's great with words. I think he has a face for TV.

I mock him a little bit, but I don't think now would be the right time. I'm not the only guy. Everybody has their impression, because everybody's been yelled at by him before. He yells at everybody. It's not hard to see the chin coming out at you and the spit flying everywhere. If you've been yelled at, you know how to do the impression.

That's all wrong. They were picked to go to the Super Bowl a long time ago, and we took the scenic route to get here.

Uh, well, different players do it. Every team just doesn't do it. I get cut-blocked going against running backs all the time.

My older brother taught me that there was no such thing as a shortcut home. If that's the way I gotta go home, I can't let anybody make me take a shortcut. I had to face that bully.

This is the time right now where we have to play our best football. I think all of the guys understand that and we're starting to play pretty good.

They said it couldn't be done but the scenic route wasn't as bad as everybody thought.

When a guy says something who lines up in front of me on every play, I have to like that. He has to see me. There's no way he can hide from me. We have to meet over and over and over. ... I'll remind him every time I put him on his back.

You aren't too good if you're a first-rounder and you barely play four years. And he got on because somebody got hurt.

I don't even know what to say because I don't know if the league will fine me for saying we got cheated out there today. But on that play right there, that man caught the ball, got on the ground, was getting up, and knocked the ball out with his knee. I mean, I know they wanted Indy to win this game. The whole world loves Peyton Manning, but come on, man. Don't take the game away from us. That play right there, they tried to take the game away from us.

Most quarterbacks would have shut it down. Ben showed a lot of heart.

We play teams that cut block. It's something you have to deal with. It's part of the game.

You are barely getting on the field in your fourth year. And he got on because somebody got hurt, so I don't really respect his game or anything he talked about. I am out for anybody in Seahawks blue, but definitely him. I want to see how much he is going to back up his words.

I thought he'd be the easiest one to rattle. I knew he was just a bad play away.

I saw a month ago on TV saying they were going to make everyone with long hair cut it off. And he said he'd never do it. He doesn't care what they say, he'd never do it.

We shut Rudi down plenty of times. We shut him down more times than he had success against us. He only had 100 yards against us one time.

McNair is always tough, and now, he has some new weapons for teams to worry about. We know this team can be good. They have some players over there.

I still stick to my word that's not smash-mouth football. We play smash-mouth football.

You have to understand that we're the champions until proven otherwise.

Me and Walter Jones are going to get down, but (Stevens) can't make Walter fight that fight for him. (Jones) can't block me all the time.

It doesn't matter they counted us out about six weeks ago. Don't change now. Everybody was against us, so let's keep it that way, it keeps a chip on our shoulder. It makes us play like we know how.

You have to ask coach Cowher. He deals with the injuries. I feel all right. Nothing happened from today.

There's no way he can hide from me. He has to line up in front of me. And I'm going to remind him of (what he said) every time I put him on the ground.

I do what I have do to get myself going and he likes to see me going. He knows once I get going, he knows what kind of player he's going to get. That's going to make me play at a high level.

Porter, who had his surgery Aug. 10, successfully went through three consecutive practices this week. It was his first full week of work. I'm somewhere in the 90 (percent) range, ... In time, I'll be 100 percent. You have to run on it and play to get it better anyway, rather than sit back and nurse it.

We're just trying to make sure he doesn't do anything to hurt us. We knows he likes to throw the ball on the run outside the pocket. We're going to try to keep him inside the pocket if we can.

He's not the run-over type he just leans forward. It's not like he's just out there to truck nobody . He's not a Jerome (Bettis) or nothing like that. He's one of those guys who has good balance, and if you don't wrap him up, he's going to stay on his feet.

Right now, we're getting a lot of guys back healthy. You want to play your best football in the month of December to get you into the month of January, and, right now, we're playing our best football.

This is really not me. No, but it works. I mean, I can't complain. I'm playing in the Super Bowl. The bigger story is what I'm going to say next. That's the only reason why I have people waiting for me right now. They feel like they're going to tug and tug until he breaks. But it's not going to happen. I'm not going to give you anything special, but to answer these questions, one at a time.

Ben can play free safety for me any day.