Shaun Alexander Quotations

I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

To be the highest-paid running back ever is quite an honor.

I think when you're winning, your uniforms are cool.

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

I am ready. I'm in great shape. My workouts have been great. I'm ready to get back and help a team get to the Super Bowl.

We don't just want to win the Super Bowl, we want to make a dynasty. I want to be a player who makes that a reality.

For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway.

Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.

When you're on the road, there's no time for second chances and messing yourself up.

Everyone knows me and my wife's story. We didn't have sex until we got married.

My two favorite movies are 'Coming to America' and 'Boomerang'.

After the smoke clears, I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here. I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

You know when everyone's watching, your mom and dad, your friends in high school who thought they were better than you. You get your chance to get in the spotlight and shine.

I always play every game like my back is against the wall, that this could be it.

I think that it won't be long before a team calls that says, 'Just go do what you do'.

Medicine's good for some people. Not for me.

Without bragging, I've been blessed to have five of the greatest statistical years for a running back.

I'm healthy and excited to play. And I think this year can be a big year for me if I get the opportunity. I can still play the game. I think I can help a team get to the Super Bowl.

I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season.

I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.

I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here.

If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit.

If I could have one superpower, I'd want to have the power of mind over matter. I'd want to be able to move things and people with my mind.

My favorite sports movies, I like 'Remember the Titans' and 'Hoosiers' Jimmy Chitwood, from the corner.

Do I think I can take 20 carries now? Well, I think finally last week and this is week was probably the first time I could probably say, yeah, I could take 20 carries and go do some damage.

I wish I could see more weaknesses. There just aren't any.

Some of it seems like it is going to go fast, then some of it is going to go slow by next Thursday before the game. We are going to enjoy where we are, but we know that our only goal is for (Super Bowl) Sunday.

Oh yeah. I took all the tests and realized the guy knocked some sense into me. I am actually smarter than I was before.

My first day here, just like my first day at Alabama, I went and got the record books and looked it all up. It was like, 'OK, how hard is it going to be for me to get this thing?' I started setting goals to get them fast.

If this isn't the best fit for me, then wow! I don't know how much better it can get.

Mike is just so key for us as a team, as a group of young men trying to grow up.

Mike likes all things to be done on the field.

Mike said from the very beginning, that we are always going to be the 'other' team.

Mike said we will always be the other team. Even though they are a sixth seed, they're the pick over us. We win 11 in a row, and they say it's our fault the other teams weren't as good. We can't worry about it. We just got to go out and play.

Mike says when you get to Detroit everything goes by so fast that you really don't even feel like it's real preparation.

Mack Strong is the difference between us and the Philadelphia Eagles. We can get behind him and run all day.

Mack was a 6-foot-4 wide receiver until we moved him to fullback. After five years, he was down to 6 feet. I think he's like 5-foot-8 by now.

We were comfortable going into the championship game because we know he usually wins 'em.

He is really athletic and I think he will do well. He has to be in the right system and everybody has to be patient with him. He has a really good arm and can scramble, and he'll have to learn to do it at the pro level.

I believe that Seattle is really, really close to being a dominant football team. We can have a great tradition for a long time. I want to be a part of that. But fair is fair. My gut tells me Seattle will be fair.

We've got to wait and see. But it looks pretty good.

I already got it, that's how it feels. It could be mine by itself, but I don't think too much about it.

We look at it that we're playing the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the winner is the best team in the world.

He is definitely coming. This is my best friend. He'll be there, probably wearing a Pittsburgh jersey, but that's OK.

He is always going to find a way to laugh and enjoy himself. But it's one of those things, it comes off balanced. He knows when to get serious and he knows when to laugh.

He looked like he got in a fight with me. I sat around and cracked every joke I could that I had, to make him laugh ... It was tough, but he's going to be good. He's strong. I was more emotional than he was. He's going to be fine.

We took Seattle to a place it had never seen before. We've got a lot to be proud of.

I went from not knowing if I am Batman or Robin, to feeling pretty good at the end of the game, to every day getting better in my head. And this game was really good.

I went from not knowing who I am -- Batman or Robin? -- to a guy who was healthy enough to play. I got knocked out, but it wasn't about me. It's about us, a team. We're willing to pick up our falling brother.

My mom told me a long time ago that running back was a great position, but it's also the craziest. It just comes with the position.

My mom told me a long time ago that the running back was a great position, but it's also the craziest. She's like, 'You know everybody's chasing you, right?' Once you chose to be a running back, you take the good with the bad.

March is so close. It's kind of surreal right now that we're in the Super Bowl and we lost, but I definitely feel like I'm about to have some of the greatest years of my life. To not have a real home yet, it's a weird feeling.

Referees have a hard job. I'm not going to just go out there and bash them. But at the same time, whenever there's a tough situation, you always want your call. If we had got all the calls, then Pittsburgh would be flipped around. That's football. Referees try their best, and that's all you can say.

I saw that team take the growing pains and get to the playoffs, then win the division. I want to be here to see us win three or four Super Bowls. That's my only goal. So for me, I'm like, 'OK. If you guys are handling that side of it, call me when it's really, really ready to get done.' But as of right now, I'm going to try to do everything I can to get this team to the Super Bowl.

I think a lot of people don't know how good we are.

I think that, come January, we will be one of the offenses that everybody is going to fear. Everybody forgets that Jacksonville and Atlanta have a very good defense. I think we've done well against them.

I think whenever you play football, at any time it could be your last play. I think that's the great thing about this sport. Every week and every play, you have to play like it's your last. I'll just go out there and play hard, and that's the best I can do.

I think we showed a lot of people about this team.

Kobe scored 81 points. I was asking the guys the other day, 'How do you score that many points in a game?' That's like scoring seven touchdowns.

Just have fun with it all. This is one of those things where it will be like, 'Dang, we got here once.' Of course we don't want it to be like that, but it is possible. So the best thing for us to do is just enjoy this all and then Sunday, be ready to just play unbelievable.

Jerome is in a class of his own. He's much bigger than anybody else, and for him to have that speed and to be able to sidestep people, and then run through people, that puts him in a different class.

I think last year was made more dramatic than it really was to me and Mike. Everybody in this whole organization, their big goal is to win a bunch of games, go undefeated here at home, get to the Super Bowl and see what happens. When everybody has that as their goal, it eliminates all the other personal goals.

I stopped conversations with everybody, and everybody has been up front saying that they are going to talk about it after the season.

I think that would be wise. I think that's what they'll do, but I think our offense is built on taking whatever they give us. It would be wise for them to do that, but at the same time, we're not worried about what anybody does.

I think that is a team goal. The way I always looked at MVPs was it was a player that did really, really good on a really, really good team. That is why I am even more excited about this year, because I have put together some great numbers, but we have a great team.

I think that whenever you play football at any time it could be your last play. I think that's the great thing about this sport.

I think that we have a lot of guys that really need to rest up. They are playing hurt and playing beat up, which is football. But I think the timing is going to be good for us.

It is going to be exciting to see us come out next year and prepare our trip to Miami.

I think the crowd did a great job at the end.

It is more fulfilling to be 13-3. To know that we are in the playoffs and we don't have to play next week.

I think they talk a lot of mess. That kind of gets me excited.

I tell everybody that we probably have a first-round curse. So the best thing for us is to just skip the first round.

I tell everybody this team is finally getting to where we should be. We're mature. We handle business.

I was going all out and whatever happens happens. It's football. No one is ever 100 percent. I was good enough to play.

I think overall, it's our team. Our team has done stuff Seattle has never seen before. And we're not done. We're excited about the rushing title, we're excited about the scoring title, and we're excited about the MVP.

I think he is showing the world how good he is. It's kind of like watching your little brother grow into a superstar. It's an awesome feeling.

I think the heat was awesome. I'd love to play 15 more games in that kind of weather.

It gets serious at halftime. The first few days here, it's all about the excitement of being around the other guys. Talent likes being around each other. The end of the week comes in and you start realizing you've got aunties and uncles and cousins and best friends from high school here, and you're paying for all of them. You start counting up the bill. And you realize, we do get a little bit of money for being here, but it doubles if you win.

I think it is a catch-your-breath week. It is kind of like study, get your strength back, and heal up kind of week. We are paying attention but it will really, really increase next week.

I think it's fitting for us to play against one of the teams that actually beat us. It puts more doubt in everybody's mind again.

We know it is there. It is one of those things - our goal is to not just win a game, but it is to get to the Super Bowl. That is just another streak that has to come to an end. We are going to have to prepare and get ready to play a great game for that to happen.

The arm comes down. The thing shoots up. It was crazy. That van probably won't be driven for a while.

We have a lot in common and we do definitely resemble each other and definitely do all sound a little alike, but I'm definitely the tallest, better looking of the three. It's a curse that I have on my triplet brothers.

We're used to having to play in very, very tough climates. That's just part of the game. And we like wearing our dark uniforms better. It makes us feel like we're at home.

Where you're playing against someone when you have to be on point it's not wise to do like I did. It went from bad to worse. I was getting hits from folks I normally don't take hits from, and I fumbled the ball.

Winners win and losers lose. We weren't winners. We're winners this year. We look at the game differently. It's not like it was last year. We have a totally different team. We expect more from each other.

We realized what it takes to beat good teams. We got to see it in one crazy environment. D.C. has some loud, great fans. That was an eye-opener for us.

We're all just kind of in the groove. And no one wants to get off anything right now.

We've got so much to be thankful for. I just want to thank each and everyone of you all for making this the best stadium in the world!

We have a lot of things to be proud of. We took Seattle to a place it's never been before.

We're a passing team, there's no doubt about that, and we always have been. When you look up at the end of the year, we're going to have a lot of yards on the ground, and we're going to score a lot of touchdowns.

We did let a good opportunity to be world champions slip away.

We have an unbelievable team, an unbelievable group of fans. Prayer works. I get knocked out and guys step up. One guy goes down and another guy steps up.

We're here playing the greatest game of our lives, which we're going to have to do to win.

Y'all see what I see. Dead bodies laying around, and I get to step over them. They love hitting people.

We were all talking and cracking jokes, then all of a sudden there's a big bang. We all got tossed around inside a little bit. It was a little of a wakeup call for all of us.

We don't care if we're overlooked or not overlooked, if we're picked to win or not picked to win. When you get to the playoffs, it's just about playing the game, looking at it for what it is, and trying to be ahead when the clock runs out.

This whole town is excited. They have been craving for something special since the beginning.

We're just a team, and that's the greatest compliment that you can give.

We're just a team. Every week, somebody goes down and somebody steps up. We're willing to pick up our fallen brother. That's just how it is.