That’s our team. We’re way too competitive. We’re not just going to, as coach says, ‘Slap it out there.’ We’re going to go out there, and plays are going to be made, people are going...

The only resolution I have is winning this game. I don’t really have anything else.

This is a BCS game. That other stuff has nothing to do with us. (This year), there is a lot of maturity with the guys. Coach, with his experience in the NFL, gives us that...

It doesn’t matter who we’re facing next week. We’re going to have to get better. I don’t think this is going to diminish our confidence. We’re going to come back and show our true character.

We have to stay on our receivers even if it looks like he’s running. He could still throw it. We have to contain and not be over aggressive.

As a defensive guy, you’re just happy to get the ball in your hands any chance you get. I’m not this great physical specimen [6-feet, 205 pounds], so I just try and make people miss...

It wasn’t that Cal did anything spectacular. They just played their game.

We’ve been working on getting as many guys around the ball as we can and just trying to cause turnovers, trying to get that second or third guy going for the ball.

I would have done this for free, just to fight in Madison Square Garden.

I saw the hit and I saw the ball go flying. I got a little excited but it was premature and I knew another play was coming.

I wanted to turn that film off after the first series.

He just wanted to get all the details cleared up, and then he gave me permission.

I don’t really see that happening to us.

I never liked baseball. Too much sitting around for me.

Eighty percent of the plays against us last year went for 2 yards or less. It was the big plays that killed us. If we can cut down on the big plays, we’re going to...

It didn’t happen, though. The what-ifs.

I think to the outside people, it’s not what they expected, but it is what we expected.

I’m taking this as a one-fight deal right now.

They went with their judgment and you can’t blame them.

I don’t care who my coach is as long as we’re 2-0.

It looked like [Brandon] Hoyte got it out, so I picked it up and started running. But looking at the replay, they made the right call.

We’re going to regroup come the off-season, bust our butts, keep training, train hard with one thing in mind, that’s the national championship–ending up back here.

I wanted to wear them. But the jersey isn’t going to intercept them. It’s the man inside, not what we’re wearing.

It was a coverage we were working on all week. When they got into three-receiver sets, I was sitting outside that third receiver, so any time we’ve got an out route, I can jump it.

That’s only one-third of the game. I’m pretty sure their offense and our defense are pretty important, too.

He ripped us apart. He told us what he was feeling. He didn’t care if we listened or took it to heart. He was going to tell us what he had to say. Almost everyone...

I tried to watch everyone from Mike Tyson to Marvin Hagler to de la Hoya to (Felix) Trinidad.

There was no way I was fair-catching it. I’d catch too much grief from my teammates.

He’s got the run threat, the option threat. They’re pretty multi-dimensional.

I always stand up on the bench. I’m waiting to see Brady do something. It’s fun to watch them.

We are a little uneasy but the secondary will make plays. After we get settled in you will see that we make plays.