Jim Johnson Team Quotations

I know we all would love to have more interceptions and sacks, but we don't worry about the sacks. I don't worry about the sacks. We want pass rush. Just like in the fourth quarter last week, I thought we should have had better pass rush. I'm not making excuses. They got tired at the end. He is such a team player. I'm sure it's more of a pride thing with him more than anything else. It will come. He's playing well. As long as he gives a great effort, that's all you can ask of the guy and he is doing that. He is doing a great job of being a team player.

There are always going to be arguments for the handful of teams that don't make that cut. But there is certainly ample opportunity for them to make it.

Kerry's swift action in beginning this process to select a running mate indicates what type of president the nation can expect -- decisive, focused and ready to lead, ... I very much look forward to being part of the team that will bring change to America.

They have guys who can get down field and a guy who can throw the ball down the field. This is a good offensive team and they have one of the best offensive minds in the NFL in (head coach) Norv Turner. This will be a big test for us.

The key element on any football team is the offensive line.

Every team in our league has a freshman team. I think it would be great for our program to have a freshman team.

He couldn't make the team but he was content to be a part of it.

Go back into the days when Maryland lost the ACC championship to N.C. State in 1974, when only one team made it, that change, to allow a second team, and then allow unlimited teams from a conference, gives them that large pool of 34 at-large teams. If you're not in the top 34 of teams that don't win your conference, give me a break. You've had the chance to win games. You have no reason to complain.

None of this was planned by me, which makes it so special. All I did was make sure J-Mac was suited up and into the game in those last minutes. What blew me away was how all his team members kept feeding him the ball; they all wanted the night to be J-Mac's.