Ryan Clark Quotes (17 Quotes)

It's a wonderful day. I was at the airport, swinging my terrible towel. I was with a team with a great fan base now -- they're going to hate me for this -- but I'm with a team with an even better one. The beauty of it is I'm coming to a team that's already great. I'll just try to fit in and be part of this great organization.

I'm sure it will help him in the polls. But, whatever. He gets my vote.

We were down seven and needed to make a stop, give our offense a chance. We didn't do it. We fought, but this is not boxing. We've got to win football games.

He told me Monday he was staying. The one thing you learn about him is he's honest and he's loyal. He believes in what we're building around here.

I really don't know, ... nor can I really worry about it. One thing we know from last year is there's no telling who's going to play. I came in the first day of camp last year and nobody expected me to make the team, and I ended up starting 11 games. No matter who we put out there, he's going to be ready to play.

Ice water, ... He probably doesn't understand right now. He's getting himself a job somewhere if (injured) John Hall comes back. Nick Novak is going to be an NFL kicker.

We haven't gotten any continuity back there with guys being comfortable playing together. It's tough. That can make you a step slower.

Arrington's zeal to return to the field has been contagious. Seeing him in the starting lineup gave the entire unit a lift, players said. He helped our team morale just to have him out there with the kind of enthusiasm he has, ... Sometimes people look at players and say, 'Oh, he's big-headed,' and this and that. But he just wanted to play and it really showed and he enjoyed himself and had a great time and it rubbed off on us.

It was a very good play by him. He made a good adjustment to the ball and I didn't. I've got to do a better job. When I looked, I thought the ball was going to come to one side. It actually came to the other, which is something they practice.

It'll be good to get Blue back. You could say he has a burr on, because he missed the first playoff game. Shawn likes to be the reason that we win, and since he didn't get to play, he can't take that claim.

A lot of people say I play with a chip on my shoulder, ... I don't have a chip. I'm in the NFL there's no chip. I'm just excited to be playing, and excited to get the chance I've been given here. And I want to keep making the guys who gave me a chance look good, and the people who didn't look bad. I do relish that, but I've been proving people wrong for a long time.

I want to be here, and the Redskins have let me know they want me back, but we have a lot of cap trouble. We have to figure out a way to make something work that's in both of our best interests. The money doesn't even have to be equal. It just has to be close to what someone else offers for me to stay.

We were asked to get pressure on them. They wanted to pressure us. It was two sides that wanted to dictate. We weren't going to let them dictate the pace to us, and they weren't going to let us dictate to them. Neither was going to give in, and so it became our speed against theirs.

Every time Sunday comes around, I think everybody gets a little excited, a little more energized and has just a little bit more to look forward to. We're starting the season, and hopefully it will finish off with something big.

You get the MVP out of the game and you are supposed to stop them, and we didn't. It wasn't really the type of game he wanted to be in. Our goal was to get the MVP out of there. Not as far as injury, but just eliminate him from the game and make them one-dimensional. That is what happened.

Being gay is beautiful, and this visibility week is to let people know it's fine and there are others alike.

Before I got here, I just knew I was going to fall in love with this place. But I kept thinking of that old college adage Don't sign when you're still on campus. But then I starting thinking that the Lord put me here to sign. So why fight it.