Don Matthews Quotations

We'll look at it on film and make corrections, but he is a back that breaks tackles. When we look at it, it's a missed tackle, when they look at it, they say he made the guy miss. He's a pretty good back.

We're lucky to have Fritz at guard. We don't have Chiu, but we still have a good offensive line.

We do it for the cause. You come in and make a day of it. Now it's not the same.

We understand that if we don't take care of our business, Winnipeg is capable of beating us. They've done that.

I know what the Eskimos pride is, I know what the Eskimos expect from their players because I was part of it. But in a respectful way I remember, not in spite of.

The team has to get better. I don't know about drastic but certainly we need to play better football than what we're playing.

He had infections in both of his big toes and he told our training staff to do what they had to do to get him fixed up as soon as possible because we were counting on him to make plays. That kind of attitude is infectious. They removed both toe nails ... he healed quicker than we thought he would and he got himself back out there.

We now are trying to get to the point where we win a one-on-one battle and make a play.

(I was) trying to win the game. Taking our chances from the five-yard line, I thought that was the better chance.

Your first head coaching job is the toughest year of your life,