Steve McNair Quotes (58 Quotes)

We have to find ourselves. We have to find what we are doing wrong. I think overall it's just penalties -- penalties here and there. We controlled the ball today like we were supposed to but, we don't have anything to show for it. If you don't have anything to show for it there is no use to hold onto the ball for 15-20 minutes with no points. That's what we have to work on, we have to finish. If we don't finish there are going to be long days ahead.

I said, 'I don't want to see no sad faces, no matter what happens good or what happens bad. We have to go out there and show a lot of confidence,'

I think we're in the same boat. It's all about jelling and competing every Sunday and doing the things that it takes to get the chemistry down. I think that's the difference in being a great team and being an average team. You've got to have a chemistry.

I just wanted to rest it for a day. I came out there, did something today and felt pretty good. Tomorrow I'll do more, probably all the team (drills). I just wanted to rest. I didn't want to take a chance of going out and getting it even more sore.

It was a combination of a lot of different things. With our offensive line and running back situation, you expect us to get that, but today was a different story.

I see a more determined Calico this year. I think he took a lot of heat last year for not being consistent. ... From the two mini-camps I've seen him, he is out there working a lot harder, he is concentrating a lot harder and he is running great routes.

Towns like Mount Olive and Collins suffered tremendous damage, and you don't see that on the national news. A lot of people around here lost a lot and need help.

... The turnovers are what killed us. If we took two years to prepare for this team, you still could not overcome turnovers.

We've got to have people down there to make sure everything is cleaned up and make sure everything's going to get back running on track,

The offense we've got, we can keep the quarterback healthy. I think that's something the organization made the decision to do. We've just got to go out and live up to what we have to do.

It got sore and more sore as the game went on. It hurt more when I threw.

When they are playing the cover-two and all of a sudden it's 3rd-and-2 and they play cover-two and they lock you man-to-man with the outside receivers, it forces you to throw the ball inside and forces you to take small yards at a time. We had opportunities to get the ball to the receivers. I think I missed a couple with Brandon Jones. We are doing what the defense is forcing us to do.

I said there are things to come. I told him, 'Don't rush it, just take your time and heal, because as long as you go out there and aggravate it, it's going to continue to get worse.' But he's got a good spirit and, hopefully, he won't be out that long.

I came out today. It feels good. It worked itself out Monday and Tuesday. It won't be a big deal,

I'm very comfortable with that regardless of who's out there. If they can get to know the game plan, get to know their defensive scheme, they can predict what they're going to do, so I feel comfortable with that.

Everybody's been talking about it. I talked to him (Tuesday) night. He's just sore. ... It just hurt to laugh, hurt to do anything. I just told him, 'Don't rush it. Take your time and just heal. As long as you go out there and aggravate it, it's going to continue to get worse.

We can do just about anything we want in this offense as far as being a quarterback and making changes. The only thing he asks is why we did that, and give him a good reason. I think that is something we haven't had in the past,

If a guy can't communicate as far as hand signals, I don't know what you can do. ... I don't know what the rule is on that, I don't think it was the right call to be made.

Right now, he's just trying to put me in good situations where I can make plays with my arms and my legs. We have a lot of young guys on offense, so he's trying to keep things simple for them. But mostly, he's doing a good job of keeping me moving around in the pocket and not just sitting there like a sitting duck.

This week I got an extra day to rest, but if I can't, I'm not going to try to do anything to hurt this team.

We had opportunity after opportunity. Even though we messed up in the first half, we came back in the second half and had a chance to win the ballgame.

When you first come in, you respect and just want to fit in. Now I've been the leader of the team and one of the oldest guys here, ... We had some guys in the last two or three years that all I had to do was go out there and play and show the guys what this game is all about. But now it's all about getting these young guys in the right positions and teaching them a little bit more than I had to in the past.

It's a great opportunity to be part of the Pro Bowl. Anytime you get a chance to compete against the best in the NFL, it is certainly something you look forward to.

And when you do communicate, one is saying, It's OK,' and the other is saying, It's traumatizing.' So I just want to go and check on them myself. It will make me feel a lot better.

It's a different saying every year, but it all depends upon my health. As long as I can stay healthy, I will continue to play.

It's going to be very strange, but I got a chance to see them on the Sunday night game (against Indianapolis). Both of them look excellent, and they're playing well. It's just going to be odd to see them on the other side of the field. At the same time, they did what's best for them and their families, but they're always going to be good friends of mine.

Everybody's got their own philosophy on durability. Fortunately for him, he hasn't got hurt, and so be it. But if he was specifically talking about me, that's no problem with me.

It would take me five years to get through all my mail.

Norm is a guy on game day, he really doesn't say much. The days before is when you really got to say, 'Hey Norm, just calm down.' I think it's exciting to him. He tells us, 'This is exciting.' We all should be excited. That's the type of guy he is.

I came in this morning and was still sore. I would've liked to have been able to go out and compete. As a competitor, especially against Jacksonville, it was tough to watch from the sideline.

They gave us the ball a couple times and actually scored and that's always a plus for the offense, ... Pretty much for the most part of the game we worked on their side of the field.

On game days, Norm is a guy who really doesn't say much. It's the days before, that's when you really have to say, 'Hey Norm, calm down,'

I think Matt is well prepared. He's a guy that studies hard. He knows the game, and I think whatever decision is made, he'll be ready.

Seeing all the other foundations and different organizations collecting stuff, they have a lot of stuff too. I thought we'll get some things, not that much, ... The response has just been amazing.

I think if you give yourself up and go out of bounds then that should be it. But those guys try and take every inch they can get to hit you.

The only way we can help ourselves is for the offense to stay on the field and get points every time whether it's three or whether it's six. Making plays with my legs is going to be a big part of that. I'm not going to shy down from that.

We had opportunities to make big plays and we did it in spurts and we just have to continue to minimize the mistakes. One thing about this offense is we cannot afford to make too many mistakes, we are killing ourselves. Anytime that you are 3rd-and-2 and it turns to 3rd-and-7 it changes the whole philosophy of the game, the game plan and game calling.

I think the young guys depend on you a lot more. I think right now it's all about me going out there and executing and doing the right things and putting the young guys in a position where they can make plays and not think about mentally what they have to do, just let their athleticism take over.

Ed Reed. He's a very smart player. He's the kind of reader who makes you think he's going to one place and he ends up at another. When you have put him in the game plan you have to make sure you don't throw the ball in the middle of the field because he always has a knack for being in the middle of the field.

It's something I've dealt with from time-to-time throughout my career, ... It just got a little tight (Thursday) night, and we're working through it.

It's very impressive what they've got, probably 11 Pro Bowlers over there .... As I saw in the game against Indianapolis there's a lot of chemistry there. There's no egos. I think everyone's playing together as one unit.

He's brought a new flavor to this offense, ... He came in and simplified things for the young receivers so they can go out and play to the best of their ability. I think his career over his years at USC has been magnificent with the bringing along of quarterbacks.

When Ben Troupe first came in here, we looked at him as a speedster. We wanted to isolate him on linebackers, isolate him on strong safeties. We're trying to build him up to be a Tony Gonzalez, a Todd Heap, the guys who are not only able to block as well as be able to catch the ball intermediate and also deep.

He's still a talent to be reckoned with. I don't know if he's talking about retirement because of the injuries but he's not declining skill-wise.

I wish Norm Chow well and hope he'll pick all the nuances of the NFL up, but he's going to see defenses he's never seen before and his players in the NFL won't be the most talented players on the field. That will be a problem.

I don't think it's a rebuilding stage, ... It's just another challenge we look forward to. It's fun because we have a lot of young guys with a lot of energy who are willing to make sacrifices and do whatever it takes to win games.

We thought that if we had played a perfect game, we could have won. They are a great team.

He is creating mad havoc. I watched some film and it seems like he's getting faster and faster. Sometimes you think there's something wrong with the projector.

Jeff doesn't like that word, and I don't like it either. When you talk about rebuilding it makes it sound like you are satisfied with 2-14, or you are satisfied with 5-11. People don't think anything of you if you look at it that way. But we don't look at it as rebuilding. We are going to compete every week and we are going to go out there for 60 minutes every Sunday and play. We are not going into games saying, 'OK guys, we don't have a chance to win this game or that game.' We have a challenge ahead of us that we have to pursue and conquer.

The young guys are coming here with the attitude that they can make a difference in this offense. With them coming in with that attitude, it makes it a lot easier for me. From week to week, we can feel the chemistry coming together.