Brian Simmons Quotations

I feel like I helped us win. As a team, we all played better.

For us this year, it seems they've been coming in bunches. Once one happens, two or three more are soon to follow. For whatever reason, that's kind of how it's going for us this year.

Guys in this locker room are used to playing Pittsburgh, so it's not like there's anything mysterious out there. We know who they are and what they're about.

Our ultimate goal is to get to Detroit again. I like that stadium. It's a pretty nice stadium.

We played pretty well. We swung the bats really well, especially in the second game. We scored six runs early and put pressure on them.

We had hard practices. Coach made us get the stuff done right.

We've had years around here where the defense was playing well and the offense wasn't playing too well, or vice versa.

We just let a couple big plays in the passing game hurt us. You can't do that. You have to keep your people in front of you. We didn't do that, and it hurt us.

We didn't make up any special recipes or do any witchcraft before the game. Guys just went out there and played team ball.

Even a lot of old salts are bailing out. I don't know if it's some vibe they feel or something.

The thing about it is nobody is out there freelancing. Everybody's playing within the parameters of what we are doing.

Of course, we want to go out there and create turnovers. But we're not going to go out there thinking that if we don't get turnovers, we're not going to win the football game.

Addiction thrives in secrecy. The only real difference is that they can hide this one easier.

Coach told us that it's going to be a good game, so we're going to practice hard. We're not going to just go in like they're sorry, like they're the worst team.

This is something that as a team and as individuals we can use to drive us for next year. We have to know and realize the hard work that it takes to get here. But once you get there, it's not over yet. The fun is just beginning.

They were in a hurry-up, and that did slow it down and give us a chance to huddle, and we kind of came together as a defense. But you don't want to see that because somebody could get hurt.

It's big. You get off and you're not behind the eight-ball. The last two years, we've been putting ourselves behind the eight-ball. We've been closing strong, but it was just a too-little, too-late type of thing. You only have a certain amount of games to make your statement, and you can't wait until halfway through the season to do it.

It was nothing but fun, having fun out there. You really like to enjoy yourself while you're playing football. I was really enjoying it today.

It was more challenging than pleasant, but we will be an improved team this year.

Not having a winning season, not going to the playoffs -- we've erased that history. Now at this point, we've got time to go and create a new history. We've already erased all of the bad stuff.

In this league that's a hard thing to do. We didn't get it done, but the bottom line is we got the win.

He told me that I wasn't doing what I was supposed to. I took it and I just tried to work harder. I just tried to do like coach told me to do.