Jonathan Vilma Quotations

The perception for us is we're going to be great. We have guys people may be worried about, but we're not worried about them. You're talking about two guys that are playmakers.

We've already been talking about it, how definitely as a unit we're going to step it up another notch. It would be great if we could all stay together and get it rolling for next year.

Whether we like it or not, we are high-profile athletes. We're role models. Kids come up to me all the time to talk and it makes me remember when I was a kid and I got to meet Jerry Rice and how much that meant to me. And how we've got to set a good example.

We knew what they were going to do, we didn't get the job done. I don't know why we didn't make the tackles we should have made. It cost us a couple of touchdowns, and that was the game. That was our game plan coming in, stop the run. We didn't do that. It's humbling.

One thing I want to see is guys under me and who played with me be very successful. I work out at Miami and when I'm down there I'll tell them things I know and give them tips to get that little edge to be successful. When it comes down to it we're a family, so when the Hurricanes are playing well I'm happy. When I was at Miami I had Nate Webster and Micheal Barrow help me out. That creates a great atmosphere and I want to help others out.

I don't know what to say. I've never been in a situation like this before. It's tough, real tough.

He said he was getting the rust off. So I thought I'd buy him some stuff to help him.

humbling. Our game is to stop the run and for whatever reason, we didn't do that. We'll look at films, see what we did wrong and learn from it.

Our attitude is we can't give up anything now. We know if we do that and give our offense a chance to win it, we'll be in the games. We love to have the pressure on our shoulders, that's what a lot of guys are built on.

That can deflate a defense, especially at crunch time. We know he's going to make some plays. We have to not get down if he makes a first down on a scramble. We just have to keep playing.

That can deflate a defense, especially at crunch time, ... We know he's going to make some plays. We have to not get down if he makes a first down on a scramble. We just have to keep playing.

Nate Webster was in college when I was in high school, ... Anytime I watched Nate, I tried to play like him. He was another 'next Ray Lewis.' He was very good, very good.

I think she was a product of having a spoiled upbringing, ... and she chose an extreme form of rebellion.

I still think we're a playoff team. It's just a matter of working on some things and getting better.

That's them being selfish. I don't care. As long as my teammates aren't rooting for us to lose, I'm fine.

We couldn't find a way to eliminate the running game.

We need him. We definitely want him back. We'll see what happens.

We gave up too many big plays. That cost us the game.

We gave up too many big plays, and it cost us 14 points. That cost us the game. ... We've killed ourselves on the road this season, more so than at home. It's just been a down season.

We didn't do what we planned to do. The bottom line was to stop the run. We didn't do it and I don't know why.

What can Ray Lewis do that you can't do?

At the beginning, it was a little shaky. That's to be expected with new guys in there. You don't expect them to be all-stars off the bat. Once we settled in, I thought we did a really good job. ... It was just two plays. They cost us 14 points.

Ed Reed gave me some good advice when I was still in school. He said, 'Stay all your years at school. Enjoy it. Get the experience out of it, in football and everything else.' That's what I did. And that got me ready for this.

Oh, big impact. He's pretty much up to speed already. He's going to be great for us. We have a shutdown corner on one side and David Barrett on the other, who's basically a shutdown corner as well. So it's going to be good.

Some things were said to individuals and some things were said in groups. It was friendly, but there was meaning behind it. It's never always going to be smooth sailing, but it's time to be winners again.

Coach Shannon, he popped in the tape and was like, 'Just watch him. Watch how he plays,' ... Coach was like, 'You could be just like him.'

Anybody who likes to play poker, if you want to find a good poker game, you're going to go play. It's not anything where I'm betting the house, like $100,000. You go, kick back, have fun, talk to some of the fans, enjoy it.

Anything we can salvage from this season would be good for us. With everything that has gone on, to finish in the top 10, that says a lot.

They made us miss and it cost us a couple of touchdowns. That was the ballgame.

They have a two-headed monster back there. We just really didn't do a good job getting it done.

They have a good defense, we have a good defense. Baltimore is known for their defense. They pride themselves on stopping the run. They pride themselves on not giving up points.

It's an honor for me to be selected to play in the Pro Bowl. It was one of my goals when I set my sights on playing in the National Football League and I am excited to play with all the great players that have also been selected.

It's going to be like a 60-minute spring scrimmage.

It's good to know we're going to be the last one. That makes it that much more special for us. We're going to be in the history books as the last Monday night game on ABC.

It's very flattering, ... To compare me to him is comparing me to the best right now.

They did a good job getting outside and getting to the edge; that's what they wanted to do.

The fans want Bush. If I were a fan, I'd want Bush, too. But who cares?

I'm indifferent and it's a matter of wanting to stay away from the whole Michael Vick situation, whether he is involved or not. I'm not saying anything about dogfighting or anyone who might be involved in it.

In hindsight, it's funny, ... At the time, it was like, 'Oh no, not again.'

I liked the preview. It interested me that it was based on a true story.

I never paid, or intended to pay, $10,000, or any amount of money, to any player for knocking Kurt Warner, Brett Favre or any other player out of the 2009 Divisional playoff game, 2010 NFC Championship Game or any other game.

I never set out to intentionally hurt any player and never enticed any teammate to intentionally hurt another player. I also never put any money into a bounty pool or helped to create a bounty pool intended to pay out money for injuring other players.

I'm a Saints guy, and I'm on the defensive side and I'm hearing the hell that the Saints fans are giving the opposing offenses and it's pretty tough. It's a huge challenge to manage the defense with that noise, but I'd rather them be loud and pumped up and going than quiet, because if they're quiet it means we're getting beat.

In this business, nobody is going to feel sorry for you. You have to create your own luck.

I can apply a lot of things, ... Lining up, technique and things like that, and doing it consistently, play after play. He doesn't make bad reads. He gets after it. He's always around the ball. Things like that you can always pick up from him.

I couldn't do much talking there, ... Missed tackles is what it was. It's not the play calling, it's not the game plan. We'd get to the ball and we just didn't finish.

I don't think there is any chance they will make it. No reason to doubt history.

I don't want to be standing here next year talking about the character of the team. I want to be talking about winning and the playoffs.

Coming from the University of Miami, I developed really good study habits.

People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The reality is, there are a lot of football players like me who came out of the middle class.

The losses aren't acceptable. I'm glad it stays tough because if it wasn't hard for me to swallow, I wouldn't have to push myself.