Sheldon Brown Quotations

Obviously our main motivation is to get back to the Super Bowl and win it this time,

If we're not in shape, it seems to me we played in the Super Bowl last year, ... We've played in four NFC championships. Maybe more teams ought to be doing what we're doing.

If we're not in shape, it seems to me we played in the Super Bowl last year. We've played in four NFC championships. Maybe more teams ought to be doing what we're doing.

When I heard the apology, I thought it was sincere. But then Drew opened his mouth and ruined it. It?s sad because it sounded like (Owens) was crying out for help.

I don't think he's lost respect in the locker room. If anything, he's gained respect from how he's handled it, by not firing back.

I felt it was a biased panel. If they couldn't get people to represent the other side of this, then they shouldn't have held it. I might have learned something if there were two sides represented. It wasn't an open forum.

Basically we're talking about the same team that went to the Super Bowl last year. So what was the problem? We had too many mental mistakes. How do you correct that? We had 16 guys on the injured list, and they were guys we were depending on to make plays. If we get those guys back, I think we'll be very competitive.

I don't care what Hugh says. Quite frankly, the guys I am playing with I trust, and I trust the leaders we have. I am around them every day, and Hugh isn't around them every day.

He was one of my favorite teammates. He worked me like crazy in practice. I'm still trying to figure out the other part of him. It's not about the money with him. But it's the only way he thinks he can talk to the organization, by saying things about the quarterback.

He didn't alienate every player. He did talk to some teammates. We all have to drop our egos, period, and become a unit. He has to put his trust in management that they'll do the right thing in the long run. Only he can decide that. Everyone in here has a job to do.

He didn't see me and probably felt he could connect on the deep slant.

He seems to be dealing with it better than I was. Some days are better than others. The best thing about it is that you can't make it any worse.

He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.

I think a lot of the leaders here were young guys and we expected management to handle the situation, that they'd explain what the rules and regulations were. That didn't happen.

I thought it was a sincere apology, but Drew ruined it, ... It was T.O.'s press conference, and then I had to hear from his agent longer than I heard from the player.

I think it was a matter of those guys wearing down and we got stronger.

I thought there was a bias on the panel.

Most definitely I was trying to strip him. Even if he had carried me six or seven more yards, it wouldn?t have made a difference because they were in field goal range.

Most definitely I was trying to strip the football. Even if he would have carried me 6 yards or more, it would not have made a difference because they were in field-goal range.

When it comes to physical blows, you have problems.

We're all professionals here -- been there, done that. We have leaders in this locker room. It really doesn't matter. If they brought him back, we'd still have a job at hand to do. . . . We believe we can get it done. We just came off a Super Bowl season, so why wouldn't we think that?

This win was even more enjoyable than last week, because we had to work harder for it. We really earned this one.

We beat ourselves. That was the bottom line. Nobody came in here and really dominated us... We made too many mental mistakes. Teams made more plays than us.

We learned how to handle it in the future. You get a good strong nucleus of teammates get together and talk to the guy. You sit him down and say, ?we understand you have problems with them but our common goal is to win football games and to be a Super Bowl team and then we all get what we want.

Truthfully, we're like big kids. You know how little kids have no attention spans? Well, ours aren't much better. You leave us out there for hours and hours, you're going to lose us.

Drew had to open his mouth and it ruined everything. Personally, I don't like Drew. The day I'm holding a press conference, my agent is going to be in the back of the room.

Everyone wants to say we didn't win championship games without a big-play receiver. Well, our big-play receiver was hurt last year and we won a championship game.

We're thinking playoffs. But we have to play every game like it's our last. Because we know that if we don't, it could be our last.

I stand behind (Eagles management) 100 percent, ... I don't know how much a man can take. I think Andy's been fair. He's given him a lot of opportunities.

I stand behind (Eagles management) 100 percent. I don't know how much a man can take. I think Andy's been fair. He's given him a lot of opportunities.

As long as you're moving forward in a straight line, you'll be OK. But if you have to cut vertically, that can be tough.

That's why this is all new to me,

Donovan has always been the leader of this team. That's always the case with every team. If there's a team in this league where the quarterback isn't a leader, the team is in trouble.

Donovan is the franchise player here. We built this team around him. We're going to go as far as he takes us, so we all have to be behind him, and that's all 52 (teammates).

It sounded like he was crying out for help. I think he's sincere in his apology, but it may be too late. He may have burned all his bridges.

Any time he steps on the football field, he makes a difference. But we can do it with the guys we have.

You can't have spectators watching when he gets the ball. You need all 11 men to run to the ball when he has it.

It's a painful injury, but the thing is, once you warm it up and you can keep it loose, you can deal with it, ... The bad part is, once it tightens up and gets stiff, it aggravates it.

It's hard to listen to negative criticism for a week. But it's good to look it in the face and be a man about it. You need a whipping every now and then to let you know you aren't as good you think you are.

There were a lot of strange things. But we're going to have a great season. All of the strange things that did happen, it doesn't matter anymore. ... We're ready to play football.

How many times do you get a blocked field goal and the ball happens to bounce into a guy's hands running toward the end zone? I mean, never.