Matt Hasselbeck Quotes (169 Quotes)

That is probably not going to happen against these guys. These guys are very good defensively. I think we need to be ready to weather the storm a little bit in terms of not being as successful as we're used to being.

My dad has been a huge influence on my life. He's been injured, drafted into the NFL. He's started, been benched, cut and traded. I've watched how he's gone through those good times and bad times.

I think it was Jimmy Johnson who said that we have the Alaska fan base, even though we don't technically play there.

Part of me wants to enjoy it, and part of me knows we have a game coming up. Raising that trophy in front of our fans was a dream come true.

We raise that flag before the game, and some people might not understand it. It's something I didn't understand at first. But it means something to people. It means something to our team, it means something to our coaches, it means something to the people in the city. I mean, the thing's hanging from the top of the Space Needle right now.

We understand that this is Jerome Bettis' hometown and that he's going to get a lot of the attention. He's a classy guy who's had a great career. You can see why it's kind of hard for us to compete against that for attention.

That sounds like a question that a bunch of sports writers sitting around a desk should discuss. I don't really have the answer to that question. I don't know. What I do know is that the more I focus on playing football the better I play. The better I play, the better I'll do in those kind of discussions down the road.

So instead of compressing it and having a lot of pressure, it allows it to ... I don't know why, actually. I have no idea why it works. I just know it helps my arm.

My teammates and I have just seen a glimpse of what it would be like to win a world championship. And as hard as it is right now -- 'cause it's hard right now -- we know what needs to happen to get it done, and I can promise you that we are all going to do everything we can do to get it done next year. Thank you for your support this year

Some people are into ball control. We're into yards and points. Tempo is our thing.

I'm really in shock right now. Standing on that podium, raising that championship trophy, in front of our fans is definitely a dream come true.

You can't make the mistakes like we did and expect to win the game.

Looking back, I'm not sure anybody would've predicted such a good rebound after that game.

He sets the standard really high, especially at the quarterback position and he isn't going to settle for anything less. Bottom line is he just wants you to do things his way and if you do that, things will work out and he will be happy and you won't have that friction as long as things are going well. It isn't all the on the quarterback but you just have to make it right.

I thought we really could do much better than we were today. I know that will get fixed.

Hey, we simply didn't play well enough to win. We can't blame this loss on the calls out there.

I love it. We're fired up about it. The linemen, they don't look good in the white on white.

We're ready to go. If the game was tomorrow, we've got the game plan.

I would love to see him more, but that is not really my call.

I really don't know that much about their team, to be honest. That'll start Wednesday.

The Redskins made us grow up as an offense. They gave us a lot of different things to prepare for and it was a good learning experience for us. Sometimes you learn more about yourself through adversity than you do through success. There certainly was enough adversity to go around in that game.

I don't think he faded under pressure. I thought he made some really good plays, and I'm sure he'd tell you there's some plays he'd like to have back.

There was some sloppiness, ... There were a lot of corrections on film study. I wouldn't say that we didn't miss a beat. It's not the same with those guys Jackson and Engram out.

He's a really good kid. He's been in there for workouts and conditioning every day at 730 in the morning, buying into our program.

I feel like I played a game yesterday, ... Thats what it feels like.

I don't think he faded under pressure. I had complete confidence in him.

Part of me really wants to enjoy this right now. But I'm kind of in shock right now. I hope people took a lot of pictures. We've got another game coming up. Standing on that podium, holding up that championship trophy in front of the fans...it was really

He is definitely a threat that people are aware of at all times.

It was a chance I shouldn't have taken. They had a good plan and executed it well. They blitzed early on, but we did a pretty good job of picking it up. After that, they kept seven and eight back in coverage a lot of the time.

I know where Mike's coming from when he says, 'Focus on what you can control,'

I wouldn't say we didn't miss a beat, it's not the same with those guys out. But we all had confidence in those guys that they would play well ... and those guys played great.

Unfortunately, we didn't make the plays we needed to make. They played well on defense. We didn't execute to the best of our abilities today. Therefore they're the Super Bowl champs, and we're not.

In the past, Darrell has not practiced at all, not even been with our team, and came out and had some of the greatest games of his career.

It's just a humbling experience to know that all the people who set out to play in this Super Bowl, we're one of the teams that gets to go play in it. To have the opportunity to be called World Champions is an incredible opportunity. We've worked so hard for it and it's an amazing, amazing thing.

The coaches we have don't blink when they see it. They understand it. We have rules about how we like to play against the 3-4. We know it.

It's unfortunate. I know they're doing the best they can. I certainly don't blame them. But the film doesn't lie, I guess.

We can't make the mistakes that we made and expect to win.

Ken Lucas was screaming to the other side, 'Quarterback is in the game. Watch the throw, watch the trick play. When we snapped the ball, he was maybe not fully ready to cover because of that.

It really was a comforting feeling today having him get up and talk about, 'Well, when I was in this Super Bowl we did this. Then when I was in that Super Bowl we did this. He's got experience there.

That was fun n a little sloppy at times, but some of the most exciting plays I've seen all year. Coach Fox promised, by the end of the week, 'We'll put a smile on your face.' All the Seattle guys were smiling.

They are actually fun to watch. It's fun to watch film because they are so good. But at the same time you realize you have to play them this week.

At the snap of the ball, they are moving. They are like missiles. They are hitting their gaps, they're hitting their holes, and they're getting to where they are supposed to be, their correct assignment. When you watch them on film, they look like a Super Bowl-caliber team.

We just didn't play well enough. It's disappointing. It's hard. But what can you do They played really hard on defense and we didn't execute to the best of our ability. We were close a couple times, but close doesn't cut it.

We just weren't that good. The product on the field wasn't very good, and that is a frustrating thing.

I've never been a part of a game like this. We set out trying to get a couple of goals accomplished. I think we took care of, statistically, some things we were trying to take care of. Probably more important, we were just trying to stay healthy also.

He's a Pro Bowler now. He's so big-time that he's hogging interviews.

Some people would rather be the favorite and walk in and play like the best. That hasn't been our thing this year. We have played to earn respect. And the way to earn respect is by going out and winning the next game you play. That approach has helped get us here.

You have heard the same talks and speeches that he's given for the past five year, but now, since we're moving deeper into the playoffs, his wisdom and his experience are really coming out. It's really fresh for us because we've never been in that situation. There's a lot of wisdom and experience there.

too much of the weight of the world on his shoulders.

I know where Mike's coming from. He really wanted me to focus on what I could control. But the simple fact is those guys are very different, and I haven't played with them.