Donnie Henderson Quotations

The only way to tell you that is, we've achieved more of our goals than at this time last year. Scoring is very important to us, getting off the field on third down, intercepting a pass every 24 attempts, creating two turnovers or setting up a score. Those are big stats.

The facilities - you can't beat this. This is second to none. There's a lot of energy here right now and people see the economy coming back and that's good. If they're upbeat, you've got to believe it's a good thing.

One of the goals is to play consistent every week. We haven't accomplished that, but we've still got a chance.

I'm a little disappointed. I didn't think they could run the ball like they did. They ran it right down our throat.

Here's what we try to do: not only keep guys off Vilma, but let guys make plays up front.

He's got speed. He can turn that corner.

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

Our practice tempo was probably a little different than what we've seen.

Like I told them at halftime, I really did enjoy watching them play. They were having fun, flying around. I felt they were dominating the player they were playing against for the most part.

Like I tell them, as long as we control our part of the game, the rewards at the end will be big. Just go play and do what you do. At the end of the rainbow, we'll see this big pot.

I wasn't trying to be disrespectful or anything.

We don't talk about the struggles of the offense or the quarterback problems and all those things. What we talk about on defense is making sure that they don't score. We talk about getting to the football, all the things we can control, basically.

Yeah, we missed him. He is a force. Everybody knows it.

When you look at us today, the bottom line is we didn't tackle. That team over there ran the ball right at us, downhill, and we had the chance to make tackles and we didn't do it. I didn't think they'd be able to run like they did. They ran it right down our throats.

Every little thing is important. If you can correct the little, small things, you don't have them being escalated to the point where they become an issue.

Based on our discussions today, I would have a hands-on approach, but let's be honest, (Loomis) is the GM, and you know who the boss is. You have your input about who you'd like to have.

I've been fortunate to have been through that before, where the offense struggled and the defense had to play every snap. I've been through it, so that's where I get some of my strength from.

Defensively, you've got a lot of great players. You have some great skill guys on offense. Obviously, some areas you'd like to improve. Based on what I've seen on your tape, you're not far away. You've got as much talent as anybody else in the league, so you've got to feel good about that.

That's just two brothers fighting. Isn't that what happens in families?

I told them to turn the music up.

It puts a little more pressure on the guards and makes the tackles block the guy on the outside.

It makes me go back and re-evaluate what I'm asking them to get done.

It'll always be a goal until I get it. It's always an honor to hear your name.

It was kind of quiet, and that's not like us. Whatever it is that they use to get fired up every week, that's what I wanted. We needed to be ready to go out there and attack.

If you can come out with your head held high and still look over at the next guy next year and see he's still there, you've got something to look forward to.

He's still playing with pain. That thing hasn't completely healed ... We've got some guys that are injured and just playing on pure guts.

He's probably our best defensive lineman right now as far as consistency in training camp.

He told us all that he's going to be here. I wouldn't doubt him. He's never told me a lie.

You can talk about all the struggles on the offense that you want to, but the bottom line is, as a defensive football team, you have a chance to get off the field.