Mathias Kiwanuka Quotations

None of us know if we'll ever play another down.

It means dollars. It means a lot of dollars. The difference between being a Top 5 pick and being a Top 20 pick ? you're talking millions of dollars there.

I just said ?Someone had to make a play, someone had to step up,' and someone did.

I recognize that a lot of teams in the ACC do have a tremendous amount of speed. But we have a lot of players who are fast, too.

It's fun. It's one of those games that will test your ability. I was watching that '60 Minutes' piece about Michael Jordan. And I understood what he was saying about wanting to go out on a limb, and then you want to win. . . . You've done everything you can in your career to prepare yourself to play in games like this. This is where you want to be.

I went from the scout team to (team) captain as a junior. Anyone who takes me is going to get someone willing to work hard, put the whole attitude thing aside, and work hard to win the game.

I was waiting throughout the whole draft and knew somebody would take me, I just didn't know who. When it got to that point, I was surprised that the Giants took me, but I wasn't surprised that I went.

Upholding my family tradition is extremely important not just for me, but everyone in my family.

Honestly, we thought it was unfortunate, but it didn't change the mind-set of the team. I think it'd take a little away from the game and from them if we came out and played soft or anything just to cater to them, so it didn't change our mind-set at all.

We'll just treat it as a normal road game.