Keith Brooking Quotes (26 Quotes)

It wasn't pretty today, ... That's for sure. There were so many mistakes out there. A lot of it, I think, was on us, the linebackers. We've just got to get better.

The results might not always look like it, but I feel our defense coming together as our younger players get more experience and learn how to make plays late in the game. The thing is, with our defense, if one guy's not in his spot, that's when you still see breakdowns.

There's not a choice, ... There's no other option with us.

I told Mike Vick he better call Marcus Vick and give him a heads-up. They might run into a buzz saw in their own stadium.

I haven't even thought about (preventing the Panthers from making the playoffs). They could still get in even if they lost to us. That is not motivating me. On Sunday, that will be the last thing I'm thinking about.

To get nine sacks and with our crowd behind us like they were, that would fluster any offensive line in the league,

I've always considered myself a builder, somebody who wants to put a foundation in place that will succeed for years to come. It's taken a while, but I know with all my heart that one day we'll get there.

I saw somewhere that the Georgia Dome is one of the easiest places for opposing teams to play. That's ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned, I can't imagine a worse place for a visiting team. It's a nightmare.

Those guys beat us pretty badly when we faced them earlier this month. Now it's our time to return the favor.

The outsiders might second-guess this, but we didn't quit. Until the very end, we gave it all out there. Give the Panthers credit. They played well. We didn't, but it wasn't lack of effort.

I'll be dead honest with you. I've been asked that question a lot this season, even when we were 6-2 and playing really well. You know, 'What about the opportunity to have back-to-back winning seasons' That didn't mean anything to me at the time because that wasn't my goal or the team's goal. But right now, I have a different perspective.

It's very tough to swallow. I love this game with all my heart. I put so much into it. To come up short, it hurts. It hurts bad.

When he's healthy, I've always said there's hardly anyone in the business better than him. He does so many good things. But I saw that knee brace it sticks out so you know he's not 100 percent. But he looked pretty good. He's running hard. They just wanted to get him a few carries and get him knocked around a little bit.

I feel great about it so far. We're growing as a unit, progressing every week. When you have new faces and new guys playing in there beside you, it takes training camp and preseason games for you to gel.

Just to be dead honest with you, a lot of it I think was on us, the linebackers.

We have to get some pressure on Jake, and we've got our work cut out for us in trying to keep a handle of (Pro Bowl receiver) Steve Smith. It's a big job, but if we execute the game plan our coaches drew up for us, we should be OK.

We need to get our best football players on the field. I have complete confidence they're going to make the best decision for the football team.

We set the tone defensively. We stopped the run and had them in second-and-long, third-and-long. When the crowd here gets into it, it can be very difficult for the offense to hear and to execute.

It's going to be hard to watch (the playoffs). It makes me sick to my stomach.

But you won't hear any excuses in here. We're going to hold ourselves accountable. We'll look in the mirror and do what we have to do to get headed back in the right direction.

He has a lot more power, deceptive power, a lot more than you see on film. He's strong, he has the speed to get outside. I think he got some tough yards inside today. That's for sure.

With a fast start you can deflate them big-time coming off a loss, like Seattle last week and Buffalo this week . . . they start second-guessing themselves.

You've got to respect that decision, ... It would have been tough to come in here and give it everything, knowing your job was ending at the end of the year.

I was always a big Falcons fan but my family situation, we didn't have the money to come to the games. The only game I came to was on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers a 45-17 loss Sept. 27, 1993. The game was over by the second quarter, and we were in the nose-bleed section and we were the only ones there. We could pretty much do what we wanted to.

Whoever did that poll hasn't been there in a number of years. When the place is packed, there's nothing better.

He made some throws but at the same time, when he wasn't sacked, he was getting pressure in his face and getting hit after the throw. That was the key.