Matt Hasselbeck Good Quotations

We actually felt we had the momentum after that. It was good for our offense.

Last year, the first two games we didn't play well offensively. For whatever reason we just hadn't clicked. It will come around. I still feel good about what we have done and where we are at.

More than anything, you're just trying to execute each play as it's called and have good tempo, have good rhythm, have good enthusiasm.

My dad has been a huge influence on my life. He's been injured, drafted into the NFL. He's started, been benched, cut and traded. I've watched how he's gone through those good times and bad times.

When he went down, their guys were excited and our crowd answered back in a great way with kind of an MVP chant. It was good for our offense and we felt we actually had the momentum after that.

He can't use that excuse anymore that he's got a thankless job. He can actually do something good and get noticed for it.

It is good to know that he is heading in the right direction, and we can focus on what we need to focus on.

Looking back, I'm not sure anybody would've predicted such a good rebound after that game.

We're a focused team right now. For the first time, you can say, hey, I know I can count on the guy next to me. That's definitely a good feeling.

When I said that, whenever it was, two years ago, that's how it was, having fun with some good friends. It's just a sign of the friendship. There's a core group of guys when I played here. There was something special about that team.

To beat them the way we did, I don't want to say it's surprising, but it's quite an accomplishment because they're a very good team. I'm a little bit in shock right now. I hope people took pictures out there so I can look back at them later.

We weren't a very good team and I wasn't a very good quarterback. I thought I knew all the plays inside and out. But Trent knew the plays better than anybody, and in meetings I'd watch him sit and take notes like he'd never seen them before. It rubbed off.

We climbed to just about the top of the mountain. We were like 10 feet away and had to turn around and go back. It was a great journey and a lot of good came from it, but at the same time, we didn't finish what we set out to do.

It was a chance I shouldn't have taken. They had a good plan and executed it well. They blitzed early on, but we did a pretty good job of picking it up. After that, they kept seven and eight back in coverage a lot of the time.

Coaches coach guys on the field. I get to spend time with practice squad receivers and tight ends or a young center who's always inactive on Sundays... I feel really good about having an impact on those guys and their careers.

You can't make the mistakes we made and expect to win against a good team like this.

You can't make the mistakes we made and expect to beat a good team like this. The Steelers played well enough to win, and we didn't. They should get the credit.

There was a time when we talked about how good a team we were but I'm not sure we believed it. Now we don't talk about it so much but I know we believe it.

It's a great feeling in our locker room right now, because we did come together. There is something a little bit more special about fighting through adversity and hanging in there in a tough game against a really good defense. Guys get hurt. Pork Chop Womack filled in at left tackle for Walter Jones for a couple of plays. He said something like, 'Did I make you nervous in there when Walt was out?' I told him no.

For Darrell, the next step will be taking on a real leadership role with the younger guys, ... He's playing about as good as anyone can play.

That is probably not going to happen against these guys. These guys are very good defensively. I think we need to be ready to weather the storm a little bit in terms of not being as successful as we're used to being.

They are very skilled players. They can dunk a basketball. They can pass a football. They're very good athletes who just happen to be very big.

I love it. We're fired up about it. The linemen, they don't look good in the white on white.

I'm not sure they were mental mistakes as much as just mistakes. I guess it wasn't our day that way. You can't make the mistakes we made and expect to win the game against a good team like this.

I hit him on a very similar route against Kansas City three years ago. He saw me and said, 'Hey, good throw, it's just like Kansas City.' I mean, that was three years ago. So that experience, and the reps that we've had together, it's hard to replace that.

I just made that up. That's pretty good, huh? Thank you, thank you. That's good stuff.

I don't know how to explain it other than we feel really good about what we are doing. We believe in the program. We believe in what the coaches are asking us to do and we believe in each other.

I don't know if I really have the words. Sometimes it almost doesn't seem real, and then other times it seems very real and you're looking at a very good Pittsburgh Steelers team. And that's real.

I don't know if I know anything different, really. I know when you have good pass protection, it makes your job so much easier.

I don't think he faded under pressure. I thought he made some really good plays, and I'm sure he'd tell you there's some plays he'd like to have back.

The truth is the truth. People expect the Steelers to win this game. Oh, well. We're not getting caught up on it. It is what it is. We're just going to go out and try to play the best football that we can. The Steelers are a very, very good team.

You've got to approach it like any other game, because you are going to play. But it's a good thing. I'll take the healthy body any day of the week.