Matt Hasselbeck Quotes (169 Quotes)

Like we've all seen, Shaun Alexander plays his best games in the spotlight.

Honestly, we're going to be OK, we're going to get over this game. Hey, we had an opportunity to play better and to be world champs. We didn't play well enough to be world champs and we all know that. People will make excuses, saying, 'They got you on a trick play,' or, 'The officials called that and it looked like something else.' As players, we're not going to make that excuse. Our excuse is we didn't play well enough, period.

He's been very successful early in his career, and his numbers are incredible. If I had a fantasy team, he'd probably be my first pick at quarterback. He's a huge guy, physically intimidating. He moves well and is fun to watch. I respect his game and love the way he plays.

I have a joke for you, Gilbert. Theres three kinds of people in the world Theres those who know how to count and theres those who dont.

Talking to the friends that I have on the Packer team, they admire the way that he handled this season, with a lot of bad breaks and a lot of tough situations. (Sherman) really kept it together. I think you judge somebody by how they handle adversity rather than how they handle success.

I was happy to be in the NFL, living the dream. I'd get to play in the preseason when Brett would play a series or two and I got to play a quarter and a half and my whole family would come to town for the game. They never wanted tickets for the playoff ga

We were joking to Mack that he ran a lot of time off the clock on that play.

It's a pep rally, right Those people were there from, like, 430 in the morning, so I feel like I owed them something.

It's been a humbling experience. I've got the greatest teammates in the world. I feel very blessed to be the quarterback of this team - and we're not done yet.

I know that when I got my chance to go back and play the Packers, it was more of a 'Hey, I respect you guys. I like you guys, but it'll be even that much sweeter to beat you guys,' ... I'm sure they feel the same way. We respect those guys. They went to another team to make more money, and we're not mad at them. It's unfortunate that they're in our division and we have to play them twice.

For Darrell, the next step will be taking on a real leadership role with the younger guys, ... He's playing about as good as anyone can play.

It was big because it was a free seven points that they got. You feel they didn't deserve it and then we had to answer back, because they were right back in the game at that point.

They don't do it just to do it. It means something here for our team. My mother got to raise the flag. It's a big deal.

He's just a veteran, he's a pro, he gets it. You're out there and it's loud, and he's recognizing the defense along with you.

Last year, the first two games we didn't play well offensively. For whatever reason we just hadn't clicked. It will come around. I still feel good about what we have done and where we are at.

You've got to approach it like any other game, because you are going to play. But it's a good thing. I'll take the healthy body any day of the week.

You feel like you're getting worse as a player. You can't throw a spiral, and you can't throw a 5-yard pass that you could throw as a 9-year-old, because you're thinking about too many things.

We got introduced to a lot of people in the country today who didn't know what we were really about.

We have been in the newspaper for playing football and not other stuff. That wasn't always the case last year.