Patrick Surtain Quotations

Obviously, the numbers were down last year. When I got traded here, I just thought it was an opportunity to bring some leadership, to bring some playmaking ability to the defense. We're playing pretty good right now, but we have a long way to go.

Donovan McNabb is a tough, tough guy. A hurt Donovan is still better than 80 percent of the quarterbacks in this league.

Donovan McNabb is a tough, tough guy, ... A hurt Donovan is still better than 80 percent of the quarterbacks in this league.

I was just thinking about it yesterday, wondering if I'm going to get fooled or not, ... It's going to help me somewhat because I know what those guys can do and I know some of their releases, but they're in a totally different offense. In one respect, it will (help me), but in another, they run totally different routes now.

regains the form he had a couple of years ago.

It was tough. You've got to put things in perspective. When it comes to things like that, football's secondary. To see all those people and what they were going through, I couldn't even imagine being in those peoples' shoes. It was real tough, seeing the city you grow up in, your whole life, not knowing if you'll ever be able to go back there. I'm just hoping the best for everybody.

He basically was, 'I'm sorry for not listening to you guys.' I told him he didn't have to apologize,

I couldn't really find the ball. I lost the ball in the lights.

Both those guys are great backs, and they can do different things. We're going to have to be on our P's and Q's because both those guys can hurt us at any time. That's the key to the game -- stopping those guys.

Both those guys are great backs, and they can do different things, ... We're going to have to be on our P's and Q's because both those guys can hurt us at any time. That's the key to the game -- stopping those guys.