Bryce Fisher Quotations

The fact is that we get to play a game for millions of dollars, and to get to play on national TV. And the reason why is we have brave men and women who are doing things in places that none of us would ever want to go to.

Last year was my first year as a full-time starter and I put up almost identical numbers as I did this year. The only difference is that I'm playing on a winning team.

I get e-mails from him every six or eight weeks.

He has been doing that all year. He should have went to the Pro Bowl. All the guys who vote, they stole one from that man right there and he showed it right there.

What we were doing was disappointing to where we wanted to finish our season. The problem we've had all year is third-and-six-plus.

He was 25 games above .500 as a head coach and took teams to the Super Bowl and four playoff appearances. The fact that he got fired by the Rams is a travesty. All the sudden they think they're the Yankees because they have one down year.

Jake is playing with so much confidence. When you're in the playoffs, you don't have that grind of the regular season and can be at your best. He's doing a great job of breaking down the other team and he's making plays.

J.P. recovering that ball is about as big a play as you're going to make in a game.

I said, 'They still haven't done anything yet on offense,' ... We have to go out there and play like it's zero-to-zero.

Rocky made a huge play, and the next thing you know, we've scored 14 points in (30) seconds. That's how you win in this league.

Rocky Bernard should be going to the Pro Bowl. All those guys who vote, they stole one from that man right there. You can't tell me there's a better defensive tackle in the league -- against the run, against the pass, and making big plays in big moments -- than Rocky Bernard. And today he showed it on a big stage.

Our offense is the best in the league, so of course they're going to talk about it. But we play some pretty good defense, too. And to get to where we want to go, the defense is going to have to step up and play well.

Our offense is good. It's only a matter of time.

It doesn't matter that he hasn't been able to give us the hands-on coaching that he's done in the past. This is his scheme and coach has become our inspiration. We've dedicated ourselves to work as well together as he and Coach Marshall have through all of this.

Middle linebacker is the quarterback of the defense, and for that responsibility to be put on a rookie is rare in this league.

You don't ever want to intentionally hurt anyone. But the key is to take him out the game mentally.

Yeah, when I was 3-13. Those games didn't matter. Oh, I guess you meant the other way.

You know, Coach Martz and that system over there, they barely acknowledge the other team,

We haven't accomplished anything yet. But this town deserves a winner.

We play hard and we hit hard. We get paid to hit people. That's the way it works. But we still haven't scratched the surface. We have to play at that level that Tampa Bay played at year in and year out. And Baltimore. That's the level we want to be.

We put seven in the box and then it was just a matter of our corners staying with (Smith), running with him. We took them out of their game plan, which was Steve Smith.

We didn't play it right or fit it up right. The game comes down to who makes the big plays.

We didn't play it right or fit it up right. I went down a little too far inside.

Whenever I put on this uniform, I think about all the people I know who put on this uniform and do things more important than what I do,

We knew that the game was going to change. It was going to be a little bit more of a grind it out. That is what we did.

This town deserves a winner. It's time to make this a Seahawks city.

We've got the No. 12 on the front of the plane now. And our fans have been there with us.

We knew exactly what they were going to do out of every formation. They thought they were going to run the same game plan that they did against Chicago, but we're too smart for that. At least you've got to change things up.

You either like it or you don't, but Grant's going to be Grant.

These are some of the best people in the country. They do things that they don't get credit for. People would call me a hero because I go out there and sack a quarterback while playing a game, but Monday through Friday, these guys are down here working ... and as far as I'm concerned, they don't get anywhere near enough credit.

The thing that's disappointing is mostly we weren't ready to play at the start of the game. The problem we've had, actually it's been all year, is third-and-6 plus. We haven't done a good job.

Speaking personally, at the start of the game I wasn't emotionally prepared like I needed to be.

This is a team that's been talented for quite a few years. Things are just kind of coming together now for us, and we just have to keep it going.

This is the best I've ever traveled. We're not packed in like cattle.

This game is a physical game, especially this time of year. Carolina has been the puncher for most of the time, they line up and punch people in the mouth. Today, we took their push and we swung back, and our punches were definitely stronger.

A lot of the things I do are things like this, the so-called 'fun things.' But I've got friends of mine that have been back and forth to Baghdad and Afghanistan , and those people are the ones I really to do my best to honor.

They pretty much say, 'It's all about what we do. Just keep doing what we do, and in the end, you'll make enough plays to win,' ... The thing about them over there, they believe that no matter what they do, they have the talent to overcome that.

It was important that early in the game, we hit them. It's when you get hits during the game that they don't feel comfortable. That changes 6, 8 inches on any pass.

For 24 hours, no team can talk to you.

It's the most frustrating experience you've ever had on the football field.

It's been 30 years in the making. We just need to win one more and bring that title home.

It's been a long time since we've had to go in on Monday and be afraid of what we saw on tape. But it actually may end up working for us in that we'll get to recognize that we can't just be out there going through the motions. We need to play with the fire and intensity that's carried us through the season.

It was nice to see that. Our fans have been with us the whole time. When we were playing Dallas and New York and all the media people were saying we were going to lose, the fans stuck by us and believed in us.

Once in a while, he'll call guys together and say something to get us going. But mostly, he's out there making plays. Guys respect that more than anything.

After three or four weeks, I was still coughing up a little bit of blood. I had about 40 percent of my lung compressed or whatnot, so it was hard for me to run and breathe. My performance was affected a little bit by it, but it was a learning experience. It was the first time I'd ever had a lingering injury that I had to perform through.

Shaun Alexander is a threat to break it 60 or 70 yards. Jerome is a threat to break a (defensive back).

At the end of the year, I'm telling everybody that's the greatest rush ever made, ... It was a sack anyway, it just helped me that he laid down.

I line up right on the edge most games, and usually the give me a warning, but not today.

I remember him last year when I was playing with St. Louis and he went for 100 (yards) on us. He runs hard, he runs strong. He was a special teams guy, so he's got that attitude that every play he has got to go out there and compete like it might be his last.

I'll do my rotation just like anybody else.

He's stronger than most guards. He's quicker. Guys like him are special to play next to. They make a defensive end's life easier.

Because no matter what you do, you're still stuck right there in front of him. He's bigger than you, stronger than you and a better athlete than you.

These games all count double because at the end of the year, all tie-breakers are determined by division games first. So it's important that we get this win and get started in our division.

All I know is that I feel like a seven-year-old all over again. It's awesome up here.

The important thing was to not let him feel comfortable in the pocket. He's a rhythm quarterback and if you let him sit back there, he can pick apart any secondary. He becomes average when you hit him.