Thomas Jones Quotes (22 Quotes)

You can't blame people for thinking we were going to struggle. But at the same time, last year we were 5-11 and we weren't the worst team. We had a lot of people hurt last year. Our team was kind of dismantled.

The politics are what is kind of messed up about this league. A guy gets money, and it's obvious he's going to play. That is the way it is in this league. You just have to do the best you can to maintain your poise and composure.

And it comes at that bad time, when you're applying for a mortgage for a home.

We've seen a greater change in consumer behavior with this tax increase than we expected.

Sometimes when you're thinking about the game more than your injury, it kind of helps you.

Any time a running back gets a lot of yards and has a great game, the offensive line is probably 85 to 90 percent the reason. We have a great relationship. With the exception of right tackle Fred Miller, I played with everyone last season, and we all went through the same stuff. We worked through it.

It helped a lot just to be able to finally throw deep balls and a couple corner routes, a couple comebacks, just to back the safeties and corners up. That gives me a lot more room just to do what I need to do once I get past the line of scrimmage.

It's definitely an honor. Anytime you can have your name mentioned with Walter Payton, I don't care what it is. Just playing here for the Bears, this is the team that he played for, somebody I idolized growing up. That definitely would be a great accomplishment.

I play this game to win championships, not for personal statistics. I'm just happy we won.

Honestly, I don't want to think about it like that. I come out here every day. I get paid good money, too, to do my job. I just try to be the best football player that I can. I'm one of the older backs on the team. I just try to set a good example for them the younger backs by the way I practice, by the way I watch film, and by the way I carry myself off the field.

In the NFL, you have to grow up quick. The teams that win are the teams that have those guys grow up quick. If you don't grow up quick and make mistakes, you're not going to win.

Last year I led the team in rushing and receiving. Definitely, it wasn't a knock to me that they drafted a running back. I didn't take it personally. I'm the kind of guy who needs the ball 22 times a game. Last year I was getting it 20 to 25 carries. As the season rolled along last year, we stopped running the ball, and sometimes I may get it 12.

If they are enrolled at an affected university, that means they've already paid their tuition and fees and probably purchased books, and so what we're simply doing with that proof, we're deferring any tuition and fees.

Statistics are one thing, but at the same time, when the game is on and it's kickoff time, you never know how anyone is gong to react. You have older quarterbacks. Peyton Manning hasn't won a Super Bowl he's an experienced quarterback. It doesn't really matter, it just depends on how you play that day.

I am happy it's this one because if anything I get to leave with a laugh.

It's very difficult to see a clean decline and that is because, throughout that time, other states around us were raising their (tax) rates and (smokers) came to us to buy the cheaper cigarettes. That seems to have perfectly offset the natural decline in smoking in Kentucky.

It will probably give us a little more time to file for extensions.

It's a great feeling just to have your name mentioned with him. I just wanted to go in for a series to make sure that I had it, so there would be no question about it.

The common perception is it only happens to people who aren't paying attention.

It's adversity, but I think we'll be able to respond well,

We just fought. We knew it was going to be a tough game. We have a great defense. They have a great defense. It was just a matter of who could play for 60 minutes and execute in crunch time. Finally, we were able to break through. This is a huge win for our team.

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.