Warren Sapp Quotations

We're going to miss both of them a hell of a lot. But the show goes on.

Whenever you're playing together, it's tougher to beat you,

He has all the skills but I've been trying to get him to get better at the little things. He's like a big sponge. You have to slap him around and throw him back in the water every now and then but he'll be right back to soak up some more.

He's got the TV and the cable and the VCR,

Just so we can show those chumps in Atlanta and Philly what real hatred is.

You know what, none of what he's done has been all that bad,

We knew we had to get him on the ground. He's special. I'll tell you that.

Without making plays, I've got nothing to talk about,

We just wanted to come out and establish ourselves with some three-and-outs and get some pressure on the quarterback. We're trying to get to be a dominating defense.

We just had a talk at the Pro Bowl I think the year after he came back. We kind of laughed it off. It was just part of the game.

We went in at halftime and it was 20-3. We dug the hole, and at that point, we're pretty good at putting you in and putting the dirt on top of you.

was a point of emphasis. If we can get off on third down, that's three less snaps we've got to face against these potent offenses we're going to see all year long.

Except for that last drive (on which the Patriots went up 30-13) we basically handed it to them.

I've seen Russ Hochstein block, and he can't, so this is a mismatch, plain and simple. Damien Woody was the best lineman they had.

The thing with lining up in our base (4-3) defense is they know what you're in, but I'm better than you. No knock against (the 3-4). Some guys play it real well. That's just not my strength. It's as simple as that.

I've always said I'll take the ugly win to the Picasso loss any day of the week. It's within our grasap. If we were being out-physicaled or just weren't good enough, that would be the discouraging part. But that's not the case with this ballclub. We're just having lapses at crucial times.

I've always been a team player. Whatever they ask me to do I was going to do. It wasn't what I was used to and it wasn't playing to my strengths, but it was what the defense called for.

Once you've sat at the king's table, you know what it's like. That's a feast that everybody is going to be trying, ... It's a matter of us just repeating our success. It sounds crazy. But we do it one day at a time.

Now it's a pleasure to come to work every day because I get to work on my stuff. I get to sharpen my knife. And when it's sharp, you're going to get cut. Definitely get cut.

As far as me, as a teammate of mine? I love him.

That's just Tommy. You got to get what you can from him. He does his own thing.

You're always looking for the best deal and the best situation for your client. Jerry Jones is that kind of maverick owner, and you've got a maverick receiver, so why not let them ride off into the sunset together? It's Texas. Don't mess with Texas. It's America's Team, and he's dominated the news in America for quite a while. T.O. is a perfect fit.

They don't win 20 in a row (at home) for no reason. They play the game fundamentally sound, don't make too many mistakes, and we made too many. It's as simple as that.

At any time he was a threat to go to the house whether it was a 6-yard slant or a 3-yard out. He was just that good. Just that good.

It's not so much what's expected of you, because you always shoot for the moon, and if you miss, you're among the stars. I expect nothing but the best from all of us. But you have to have a little luck, stay a little healthy. But if we get the opportunities, we should be able to cut some heads.

It's better in the four-man, I've always felt that way. Some people specialize in the 3-4 but we're better in the 4-3 and I'm glad we're where we're at.

If you break them off into individual pieces, they are not that impressive, ... But they play well together. That's the thing that bodes well for us, is we're playing well together as a defense.

I just reached out and grabbed for him. My pinkie caught his face mask. ... We had a talk about it at the Pro Bowl after he came back the next year and laughed it off as part of the game.

But you go to Green Bay and play the Packers and see what those fans do to you. If you ever saw them mooning you, you'd understand what Randy did. I thought it was funny. Everybody got all upset. But there are TV shows that are way worse than what he did.

Chicks dig the long ball. The wide receivers have always been prima donnas and pretty boys. They are big-time players. The thing with Owens is he makes so much noise, it's like an empty wagon going down the road. Just go play.

Not since Reggie White have the Packers had a pass rusher of this magnitude.

You have to figure out a way to endure that little bit of time with the media. Any question they ask you; beautiful thing is, you get the last word. You can spin it any way you want to…If you can go third person on yourself, you can sit down and have a 10-15 minute conversation.

Dennis Erickson drove to my home and asked me to become a Miami Hurricane. There was no way in hell I wasn’t going.

It was the hardest year of my life. It was humbling. I was a fish out of water.

Outside Ted (Washington) and Bobby (Hamilton), nobody was familiar with (the 3-4),

I didn't say what I said to be controversial just because most people are picking the Patriots to win. I consider myself a pretty good judge of talent when it comes to defensive linemen and the Panthers' biggest strength is their defensive line. You win the battle of the trenches and that goes a long way to winning the game.

I like our whole team. That's the biggest thing about football. It's got to be your whole team. It just can't be one side carrying the other.

Josh Freeman will be an MVP candidate.