Mike Minter Quotations

He had been killing us in practice and that is why coach Fox had to put him up. He had been making plays on our defense and really looking good.

Look at a guy like Sam. He didn't speak all the time, but when he spoke, it meant something.

I said, 'Look, Thomas, the great thing about football is there's always next Sunday,

People always talk about the front seven stopping the run or not stopping the run. But it takes all 11 guys to stop the run, and all 11 didn't do that.

It comes straight from the heart. You might hear some things you might not want to hear. Guys get emotional. Guys say it like they see it. And I think that's what makes it so touching, because it's from the heart.

When I first took off I said I am going to get him. But then I said I ain't going to catch him. But as I got closer and closer I said I got him. I'm thinking that if I don't catch him we are down 10 points and the way we are playing right now it is over. But thank God I had a little juice left in the tank.

That was so huge. Right there, that changed the tone of the game. Momentum is a monster, and if you get it on your side, you ride it, baby. And we rode it.

What it says is we have a heart of a champion, man. To do this on the road, against that Rams team. We showed again we will not quit. We're going to fight. We've been doing it all year long, and we will not stop.

When our backs are against the wall, somehow we always come out swinging and play a great football game. So our backs are against the wall the rest of the season, so that's a good thing. It's a playoff run from here on out and we understand that. We have two big ones coming up.

When you go through something like that and you come out of there, you appreciate everything you have at that point, because of the simple fact you had to work. We had to go through some troubled times. But I believe that's when you build character. That's what happened with this team. The core guys who went through that, that's why we're so strong today.

I've never seen anything like that. For anybody to go in and get turnover after turnover and then cap it off with a touchdown, that's unbelievable.

It was very important. Two-and-two sounds a whole lot better than one-and-three. It was very important for us to get this win. Especially on a short week, so now we can get ready for Arizona.

That's just disrespectful. We ain't trying to disrespect people. You go do your little antics. That's all good, as long as it doesn't cross the line of disrespect.

They stayed within themselves and they played well,

There's no doubt about it. We knew that coming into the year. This is the most talented football team I've been around. I know what a championship team looks like. I told the guys early in the season we can be that type of team. We don't have to play people close. If we play like we're capable, we'll be smiling at the end of every game.

They were exploiting us in the running game. The middle was wide open, so it was tough. But the running game takes all 11 guys.

I had to catch him, ... I had to. At one point I thought I wasn't going to and then I got close and I started getting closer and I thought, I got a chance.

Any time you give that man (Favre) life he will make plays. You definitely don't want to be in that situation with Brett Favre. ... Once he got back into his rhythm, Brett Favre began to be Brett Favre.

Does it surprise me that he still makes plays? Absolutely not, because I see what he does in the weight room in March, April and May. The guy is an inspiration to everyone in this locker room.

He's the best quarterback in the game right now. I'll never forget, he threw a pass to the slot receiver and I hit him as hard as I could, knocked him back 5 yards, and he still held on to the ball. That play right there, I did everything I could, and they made the play.

They just killed us on third downs. That's what we've been stressing all off-season is third down. That's what killed us last year and it killed us again. We've got to make plays on third downs and we're not doing it.

You definitely don't want to be in that situation with Brett Favre. Once you give them a chance to get back in their rhythm, Brett Favre will be Brett Favre.

It's the first game, a home game, the Saints. You've got to win that one and we didn't do that. It's not going to get any easier as we go on.

It wasn't scripted, but it kind of fit the plan.

If I didn't catch him from behind, we wouldn't have had an opportunity to win, ... That definitely ranks up there for me with the big plays I've made.