Marcus Washington Quotes (16 Quotes)

We couldn't quite make enough plays to shift the momentum. We almost had a chance that one time when they fumbled. Philip Daniels was running for it. Carlos almost had one. It was just a play here and a play there, who knows

That chemistry can come into it. If you know one guy is there to make the tackle, then you can say, 'I know my buddy's got the tackle, now I can try to strip the ball out.' That does go hand in hand, and the turnovers will come. I don't know when they're going to come, but if we continue to fly to the ball and hit people, we're going to get them.

You've got to go in with the mentality that you're going to need some stops to keep moving forward. Yeah, there are some great offenses playing at this level. But I guess I'm a little bit old school. I still think you win championships with defense. And when you look at who's left in the playoffs, the teams still playing, they can all play some defense.

I know how hard coach Gibbs works. Sometimes he spends the night at the facility. When you've got a guy who really puts that much into it, you don't want to let him down.

I know the owners and everybody involved and the powers that be are doing their best to get things back to where they're supposed to be. We're like everybody -- keeping our ears to the ground, hoping to hear some good news.

That tech call really got us. I thought (Oliver) was just trying to go for the ball and he got called for it. It was really rough out there. There were some fouls on both teams which should have been called and they weren't.

Everybody loves Gregg. He definitely puts us in position to make plays, (so) we're glad he stayed here with us.

I think it's good for him to be around his other family, and his brothers on this football team. I think it gets him away from all that other stuff. When you're out there playing, man, it's almost like being in your own world, and the only thing that matters is you and your teammates. And I think that's good for him, especially at a time like this.

We are a Rocky Balboa-type team, but it's good to get a young Mike Tyson-type win and knock someone out.

The emotions are just going crazy around here. We get into those ugly, Rocky Balboa-type fights. We just keep banging, scratching and find a way to just pull this thing out. It's not always pretty, but a win is a win.

He had a huge impact on this defense. He's a guy who just gets into the backfield and destroys everything. He blows up running plays. He's just a beast once he gets going, and a guy a lot of people don't really know. He's kind of our best-kept secret around here. He definitely doesn't get the attention he deserves, but in a game you definitely better pay attention to number 96.

I guess they know we're a blitzing team. A couple of times we're looking like we're going to come, with one foot up and eyes big. Those guys, they kind of panic a little bit, and they say, 'This Washington defense is coming.' Whatever it was, we were glad we were able to back them up a little bit.

When things started getting a little physical, Matt stepped up and made big plays. He won a lot of respect from me today the way he played.

I want to come out every day and work like I'm a free agent coming out of butt-scratch university.

We knew one of these years he was going to retire, we just didn't know it was going to be our senior year. We at least got (Stephenson) that district championship.

That's the kind of running back he is. We'll stop him for a two-yard loss and a one-yard loss, then all of a sudden he'll break one.