Steve Smith Last Quotations

I can already sense there's a difference in this group of guys just because of what last year's group did. I think that will show up in timely hitting and execution and being able to play the game without fear.

Last time we played them I had 14 (catches) but we didn't score. All I heard all week long was what I didn't do. We were ready for whatever they threw at us.

I thought we were pretty special last year, then the injury bug hit. I think we could do some nice things (this year) and this game showed we're trying to work hard and build off where we left off last year.

That was important. I woke up every three hours last night because I knew what might happen (if NCH were able to build an early lead).

We're thinking because of the scale of the last several protests, they're moving too fast.

The opportunities we missed last season and the run we made contributed to all the hard work the guys put in during the off-season.

We went through that last time, I'm done with that. I mean Moose was a very intricate part of me playing, still is. But I'm not going to go through all that. It's old.

I keep stressing that last year put everything in perspective. I felt like football was my whole life. When it was taken away from me, I felt the Lord was teaching me a lesson to not put all my eggs in one basket. ... That's why I am enjoying playing.

I'm excited every week, with all the things that happened to me last year. I'm happy just to be playing.

There were a lot of shortcomings last time we were here. Things didn't work out offensively. All week, we heard about the mistakes they were able to expose the first time. What we had to do was come in here and not talk about it, but eliminate the mistakes they caused us to make in November.

He pulled up alright and trained well this morning, hopefully we can turn the tables on Saturday. We just had about every bit of bad luck happen to us last week. He had the bad start and losing a shoe at the 600 was the finishing touch to what ended up a bad day.

The last three years, they've been great, but they're better now than they've ever been. The biggest thing is their continuity and chemistry.