Tony Gonzalez Quotes (15 Quotes)

It wasn't a surprise. We knew what they were capable of.

I hate to call this at this point a must-win situation, but we kind of looked at it that way. It was like, 'Hey, we're already in a hole at 0-3. But it's something you can get out of.' But if we would have started 0-4, that would have been bad. Really bad news. So we had to come out here and make a statement that 0-3, that's not us. That's not the Kansas City Chiefs. We like to think we're a lot better than that and we kind of proved that Monday night.

That's a picture of the girl he hooked up with the first night we went out during training camp. I'm not kidding. That's her -- almost exactly.

Leadership doesn't come from age. He's a young leader. He's not just any other backup quarterback coming into the game. We know what he's capable of.

That kind of performance is nothing out of the ordinary. Matt's a great player. When you're in the huddle with him, it makes you feel that there are no problems in the game.

I didn't go downfield at all. It's frustrating. I haven't even sniffed the end zone this year. The Eagles didn't do anything special to stop me. I just didn't get the opportunity. I need to get the ball to help this team win.

I never thought we were out of it. I never did. It's in our hands. Why not I'm an optimist. It's worked out for us in the past, and I'm not going to see it any other way.

Adversity in life teaches you.

I am happy for Antonio. He came out and played great today, one of the best games I have ever seen by a tight end,

This is my ninth year here and I've been to the playoffs only twice and we've lost both times. Definitely, it would be a huge disappointment if we don't make the playoffs this year.

(Ryan) just took control of the offense. He was poised. He just made plays. Matt is a great quarterback. The more he plays, the better he's going to get. He just needs to get on the field to show his ability.

This (protest) lets people know the Hispanic community is a political force.

A lot of people think this is a Latino-Hispanic issue, but this is an issue for all immigrants.

It was frustrating. It's frustrating when you give up a trick play like that the flea-flicker and then you give up a punt return like that. Take away those two plays, and any way you look at it, this game could have been a lot worse than it was. We could have won by a lot more than we did.

As far as I'm concerned, it is now or never. If we don't get it done now, we're stuck in a rebuilding mode. We still have to go out and restructure some contracts, mine included, and go out and pick up some free agents, at least one or two of them who can make a big impact.