Shawne Merriman Quotes (20 Quotes)

A lot of adrenaline, running around, running into people, knocking them down, probably some of our own guys getting knocked down. Tell you what, if I see him coming toward the sideline, I'm getting out of the way. He's got a lot of pent-up energy and adrenaline going.

We had to get him out of the pocket. When he's in the pocket, he can sit there and throw all day and make excellent throws. Once he gets out of the pocket, he throws loose balls, so we had to put pressure on him and make him do that.

Everyone in the Chargers' locker room seems to realize that. One of the first things I realized when I got here, ... was that this team has some really, really big goals this year, and everyone is dead serious about it.

Nobody has said anything about it and I feel pretty good. It's just this dang swelling. I can grab weights and stuff like that. I feel fine, it's just a matter of that swelling.

Football is the love of my life. I would never say I don't want to play. Somebody could say that this game is meaningless. Who is it meaningless to I guess people who are watching the game Or the people who are playing it It's definitely not meaningless t

I just couldn't wait to play my first preseason game. I just need to get used to the flow of the game because the speed is definitely different from college.

We're a team with speed. No matter what the conditions are, we have to go out and get pressure, but it was a little tougher today than it is usually. The footing out there was horrible.

The No. 1 thing is to fly around and make something happen and keep working hard. I feel so good right now. Everything finally healed up.

Hopefully the real big one is coming, ... where someone is still laying there when I walk away.

I got tripped up and got my knee driven straight into the ground. I'm feeling pretty good now. They just didn't want to risk it. I actually asked to go out in the second half and play.

I've been feeling good since Monday. If I don't play, it's just their decision. You know what I want to do. But at the end of the day they have to do what is best for the team.

I came down the long road, even before I got here. Just to be where I am today is already a positive in my life. But to have something like this happen to me as well, I'm speechless.

They game-planned us pretty good. They came out with the quick passes, and that caught us off guard.

When he left the game, it gave us more of an edge. They tried to hit us two times for big plays. When they finally figured out they weren't going to beat us with 60 or 70-yard plays, they had to change their game.

That's how you get him off balance. We had to get him out of the pocket. Once he's out, he throws loose balls.

I've seen them play some, and they're good players.

I wouldn't be paying what I'm going to end up paying just for LaVar's number.

He was telling me I was practicing good all week and moving good, but he was telling me he doesn't know at this point,

Once I get everything down pat, ... I can't wait to get out here and put that 'Lights Out' hit on a couple people.

I don't care where they line me up. I just want to get out there and get after people. Hopefully, I can get things down and we can find some ways to keep people guessing where I'm coming from.