Ronde Barber Quotes (35 Quotes)

Every year is a do-or-die year ... especially when the cap numbers start creeping up on the older guys. (Allen) found a way to get it done for this off-season. You never know if we're going to have to be creative and do it again next off-season.

It seemed like old times.

They are definitely legit. They have good players at every position and what they do is pretty similar to what we did four or five years ago. I think we've evolved a bit from where we were. They have guys who understand it's not all about the scheme - it's also about your attitude and the way you approach the game.

That's what I kept telling everybody. I told the guys from the beginning to focus on what we can do in 2005 and not what we did in 2004 and everybody bought into it.

We have some knowledge of Marcus Robinson from his time in Chicago, and then they've got that rookie Troy Williamson . We haven't seen a lot of him, but we do know he's a straight-line blazer, so we have to be ready for that.

You had a team in 2002 that was approaching greatness. I'm not making excuses, but this just might be a reason, I think. Guys who are good players try to be great players by doing too much. In the long run that's going to hurt you.

We looked at that standard of Hardy (Nickerson) and John (Lynch) and the Rufus Porters of the world. Those guys laid the foundation of the standard that we're trying to live up to. We know we have to get back to it. It's that physical type of football. Safeties capping off piles, creating turnovers. We're getting there. We're getting there.

It seemed like they knew they weren't going to be down there again. I guess they thought their best chance was to throw it.

No matter how we get it done, whether it's ugly or it's pretty, a win is a win. That's the bottom line.

A lot of greedy guys, unheralded, guys who love playing football. I look at tackle Anthony Davis, and it's not his play. It's his attitude. When was the last time we had a guy like that And Cadillac, if he gets a big play, he celebrates. He's excited about it. We all feed off that.

We've put a big emphasis on detail this year, and it's paying off. Guys know exactly what they're supposed to do. There is no doubt about what your job is.

There's no doubt about it. I think winning breeds camaraderie. We had camaraderie last year, but losing didn't really make it that much better. There's definitely a combination of the two, the young guys and the old guys. The balance, I guess, you could call it. It's really good on this football team.

Winning is always first. Winning is always first. When you win, everybody likes each other, and that takes care of chemistry.

He turned it on. It was a pleasure watching him.

We're here. That's all we've asked for -- give us an opportunity.

It's just us coming out, staying focused and doing our job. We'll do what we've always done. We'll attack. We'll play Buc Ball. But we need to make sure we don't let other teams get the jump on us.

Everybody is excited about where we are right now. It's a 12-man dance. We've got one of the tickets, so let's go party.

This is a different team than we've had the last couple of years. This team has a little something to it.

So restructuring wouldn't benefit anybody. It's hard to say what I'd say (in Brooks' shoes). I guess the situation would have to present itself. Until it does, I don't have an opinion either way. It'll happen eventually. Everybody gets to that point in their career. I don't know if I'm there yet.

Guys are going to make the adjustment to different coaches, because it's their job.

It was just two guys, testosterone running high, acting like idiots, ... I was trying to get his hands off me. You live with those things. Obviously, you don't want them to happen at that point in the game, but I'm a feisty dude, he's a feisty dude. It's football.

He started to understand it's not just going out there and using all of his talent and flinging the ball around. The details are more important. Not turning the ball over is more important than forcing the ball into a tight spot.

That was one of our goals, to win the NFC South, and we found a way to do it. Regardless of what 2004 was all about, 2005 gave us a new opportunity.

I think Jon has learned to trust young guys more.

It was two guys with their triple testosterone running high, acting like idiots. I'm a feisty dude, and he's a feisty dude.

The nerves definitely hit you. It hit me a couple of times. You get over it, you shake it off. You have to realize it's just a golf game.

We are very critical on ourselves, but overall I think we did everything that was asked of us. We stuck together and had guys in the right spots. When it came to crunch time we were able to make the plays.

Regardless of what 2004 was about, 2005 gave us a new opportunity. Everybody jumped at it, believe in it, worked for it.

There's not a lot of words to describe him. Just put the film on, and you see what you have in this guy. There's a lot of great backs that have come through this league. For him to outdistance them all in the first three games of his career, he should feel good about it. We definitely feel good that he's running for us.

It's a 12-man dance and we have one of the tickets, so let's go party.

There is no such thing as luck. Bounces go either way every day you take advantage of those situations. You call it luck and I call it being prepared.

We've been grinding all year. It's been sloppy all year. We find a way to make plays at crucial times. And that's what we're all about.

We've been sloppy all year. But we've found way to make plays.

I thought he was a little reserved. I thought he played it a little close to the vest. He was trying not to make mistakes, scrambling out, not forcing throws.

This year we've got a lot of young guys that are expecting to play. I don't see anything wrong with that as long as they prove they are good players.