Charles Tillman Quotations

Look at politics; they're always in competition over an election, who wants to win. It's just who we are, it's what we do.

I think everyone needs competition in life, whether it be myself, you, the President.

I like to compete. I think competition brings out the best in anybody.

I definitely think moving around helped shape me and has helped me be a better player.

Defense is on the fly, it's reactive; you have to react to the offense. I have to prevent someone from doing something when they want to do it.

The mind is a powerful tool.

I hate to lose. And when I do lose, I don't lose the lesson, I don't miss the message.

On Johnson's touchdown, it was a good catch on his part and a perfect throw.

My deep ball (to Henry), the skills were a little off today,

Personally, me, I gave up a couple of big plays. My deep-ball skills were a little off today. I saw the ball and I lost it. I was right there, but that's an excuse. Basically, I gave it up. You have to forget about it and go on to the next play.

I can account for two of those touchdowns.

I don't think anyone in this locker room solely puts the blame on Kyle Orton. As a defense, we didn't make any plays. I gave up 14 points. I think the blame is on ourselves, the team, not just one particular person.

He made some plays, we came up short on defense. That's the bottom line. There are no excuses. I'm not blaming the coaches or blaming the calls.

He's a good receiver. He talked the talk and he backed it up. All you can do is respect that. A lot of his trash talk is for entertainment and the media portrays it for something worse than it really is. He's really not a bad guy and out on the field, he's just out there having fun.

He didn't look good against Pittsburgh. Maybe he just had a bad day.

I thought Chris had it. The rule is a tie goes to the offense.

I think we can. As good as our defensive line is playing, I'm more than sure they'll get after him and make him move around in the pocket and get a couple sacks.

You always prefer to be in on more plays,

What can I say? ... Every kid dreams of being in that situation and I was in it. I just tried to take advantage of it. He had one hand on it, then I just kind of yanked it out of his hand and that was pretty much it. I wanted it more than him on that particular play.

was a perfect throw. The second one was my fault. It was up there a little higher than I expected, and I lost it.

It was a perfect throw, a great throw by Carson Palmer.

This defense can take it to the next level, meaning the sky's the limit. We can be as good as we want to be. We can be as good as we want to be if we don't hurt ourselves.

There's a lot of poking and prodding going on. And a bunch of guys are sitting there watching it, just scribbling all these notes. It's pretty awkward.

The big plus for me is room service. Ice cream, buffalo wings and cookies, but a really big meal. I eat normal, and I usually sleep well.

It was just a little bit of play confusion.

I like it a lot. That just goes to show the rapport we have with the coaches and they trust us enough to do something on our own that we recognize so we can make a play.

I know I didn't have a good day. Steve Smith made a couple of big plays, and we came up short on defense.

In theory, you're supposed to (have help), but at the same time it's not about whether I have help or not. It's my responsibility to do that. I came up short.

He's like the Muhammad Ali of football. Muhammad Ali was the trash-talker of boxing. It's funny, though. It really is.

He's an explosive player and he made plays. He's slippery. That's why he's the best receiver in the league.

This is my third year in the league and it's my first time in first place. It's feeling pretty good. I'm going to savor the moment.

All defensive backs will have a game they would like to forget, but they will have to come back.