Michael Boulware Quotations

It wasn't that we put extra guys on him or did anything different. The corners played a sound game; they weren't cheating up or anything. The safeties were over the top. The defensive line put on good pressure. That's why it looked like we were all over the place: Everyone was where they should be.

Even the doctors were saying it was kind of a rare thing, ... And they were saying it shouldn't happen again. I'm trying to put it behind me.

The possibility to play this game is very exciting and very motivating. The play I got hurt on, I played a little tentative, and I think it made me realize that if you played tentative you're going to get hurt.

It's been amazing how he's stepped up into the leadership role and made big plays. He's been a big asset to this team on the field and in the locker room. Coming in as a rookie, you didn't know if he was going to make the plays. Then he started making plays, so I figured he'd hit the wall. But that never happened. He's just gotten better and better.

In a championship game, you can't afford any mistakes. I thought I was going to be able to swat the ball down. I just completely missed it and he caught it, and he just beat me on that play.

(The shades) helped initially, when you came in off he field, it cooled you back down. If we had to, we could have done without it, but it was definitely nice to have it.

We think we should be mentioned with the top defenses in the league. We haven't really gotten the credit we think we deserve.

We definitely are aware that we have to play a lot better on defense. Any phase of their offense, they can beat you in. We're going to have to stop all phases of their offense.

Steve Smith deserves that kind of credit, and you know you have to give him that kind of respect. But we wanted to show people that we deserved to be here, that we also deserved that kind of respect. We knew we were better than what people were saying about us.

(But) when it hit, it jostled us up pretty good. My knees got jammed up pretty good, and my hips.