Champ Bailey Quotations

We're aware of how people look at the Patriots. When they're in the playoffs, they're invincible, unstoppable. We're going to have the attitude that they're good, but we can beat them.

If something's wrong with my body, I make sure to address it right away and not try to let it linger because it creates a bigger problem. You just have to understand your body, and when your body tells you something you just have to react.

I've been blessed with some luck, great ability and athleticism. That's really what's made me a great player, but I think the reason I've been able to last this long is the little things like taking care of my body.

The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.

It means a lot. It means I'm accountable.

This is a business, and I'll deal with it when it comes. If it comes, it comes.

I'm always fighting to make the team anyway. I'm always preparing like I'm one of the bottom guys, trying to make the team.

I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to becoming good pros. You want the league to be in good hands, and you want these guys to become great NFL players and then pass it along to the next generation. You can only lead by example, and that's pretty much what I'm trying to do.

I'm not Deion Sanders. We're different people with different styles. People see similarities between me and him; that's fine. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with him. But that's as far as I go with it.

I don't worry about getting tired. I try not to let it guide me as far as how much I'm going to play. I play with my heart.

When you're a little kid, you want the ball. You don't want to play defense. When you get the ball, basically you can do whatever you want.

You got to be real with yourself and not just let yourself pass on things that tend to become a bad habit. Make sure you stay on top of practicing well and preparing the way you always do.

When I look back, I'm glad I grew up in a small town. There, it's just you, your family and whatever you make of it.

Time heals all things.

I'm not perfect, but I know when I start to do something, I don't like to not finish.

We're going in the right direction, but I'm not satisfied until I get a ring. I don't care how far you get in the playoffs, nobody remembers you until you win the Super Bowl. Obviously, this is good up until this point, but I want things to be a lot better. I want that ring.

My front seven just dominated the second half, ... Dominated.

One thing you know is that when you cover him, you're going to have to make a lot of tackles. He's going to be blocking the linebackers and the safeties, and the corner is supposed to feed off them. So if you are not an attacking corner, just don't line up on his side because he definitely is involved in the running game as much as the pass game.

Right before the play started, we looked at each other, gave a little signal to 'in-and-out' those two guys. My guy came in, his guy went out. We switched. The ball came to me.

One thing people don't understand is we play different positions. I can't do what he does, and he can't do what I do. That's kind of irrelevant. Who cares? All I know is that we've got to stop the run, and he's their running back.

If we play our game and do what we're capable of doing, nobody can beat us.

I got off the ground, and then I see, defensive foul. I'm like, why did it take so long to call the foul? If you're questioning it so much, why call it?

I don't know the complete diagnosis. I just know I didn't tear anything, and that was the best news possible.

I don't care how many yards you give up -- if they don't score, they don't win. Plain and simple. I don't care what they do.

I don't care how far you get in the playoffs. Nobody remembers you until you win the Super Bowl.

I don't care who they put out there. We're going to try to whip whoever they put out there.

I always want to go. If you don't go, I don't know, maybe they quit asking you. I love it. Any time I'm voted in, I don't care if it's the 20th in a row, I'm coming; I'll be right here and I'll play like I want to be here.

But we're such a better team than we were last year. I believe that. We'll see if it works out that way, but I believe and I think the rest of the guys in here do, too. We all want the same thing, and that's to win that Super Bowl. And if you've got a group of guys who all want the same thing, you can do some special things.

If I'm in pads during the week, I'm probably going to play. So, there's no doubt that I'll probably be out there. As long as I don't have any setbacks, I'll be fine.

I feel like we're unbeatable anywhere we play.

I can't go too far above my head because of it. It keeps me from going in the wrong direction. I can still catch balls and pick the ball off.

I expected that because we've got guys behind (Williams) that are ready to play and want to get out there. They had their opportunity to get out there and play and they did well.

I expect to play every play. I want to play, that's what I'm here for. I don't expect to sit out.

I don't think it will ever be back to normal this year. That's just something I've got to deal with. It's going to be painful, but it's nothing I can't play with.

He was all over the place. That's what we expect of him, and he can do it every week.

He is definitely a prime example of how to be a pro, whether it's on the field, off the field, whatever. You can't have a better model for a young guy coming in on how to behave yourself and how to carry yourself. He's definitely done all the right things throughout his career.

We've got to learn how to finish. It was obvious last week we didn't get it done. This week, it snuck up on us. It caught up with us.

We've got to learn how to finish, ... It was obvious last week we didn't get it done. This week, it snuck up on us. It caught up with us.

We made plays. It wasn't like they gave it to us. We took it from them.

He did exactly what I thought and anticipated, ... It was perfect.

John, he knows everything, he studies the game very hard and he'll knock you out.

I take it one play, one game at a time, ... I don't look any further.

It changed the emotion, it changed the momentum,

I was afraid that it went out of the end zone, but I really wasn't sure. All I knew was that he got me right before I got to the pylon, so I was hoping the ball didn't cross the goal line.

I think we have all our people, that's the difference this time around. If we have all of our players, which we didn't in the last two playoffs, we can do special things.

I think we're tough when we do things like that. We were responding to some things they like to do. We're active.

I think both teams can do other things and make plays doing something else. But when you get down to it, both offenses want to run it. And when they run it, they're not looking for just first downs, they're looking to take charge.

I think all the emphasis has made it even more valuable, ... Everybody is looking for those players.

I was a little shocked with the recovery I made so fast. I didn't think I'd be able to do anything today. I thought maybe tomorrow, but not today.

(I was) just running around, not trying to push it too much, ... Just wanted to make sure I get through the day healthy. That's what I'm shooting for right now. I feel close to where I want to be. Not there yet, but close to where I want to be.

just a good shot right on the right spot in the rib cage.

I said it before the season and I believed it. I said this was a championship-level team. We believed that, even if nobody else did.

I respect his game, but he knows when the whistle blows we'll go at each other's throats.

Over the course of time, I could feel it getting tighter and tighter,

My mind-set is taking it one day at a time. That's all I can do.

Look at his quotes. He did say they should have played harder,

I was totally gassed. I ran out of gas at the 30-yard line. Only willpower kept me going toward the end zone.

I wasn't showboating. I just ran out of gas. I've got to give Ben Watson a lot of credit for not giving up and sticking with it and making that play.

We finally got a quarterback that didn't throw it away. We got to him. That's what we've been doing all year but we just had quarterbacks that just run out of there and throw it away. We hadn't been fortunate enough to get those sacks, but we got them today.

We figured they'd try it again, and they did. Only this time, instead of staying with our men, we switched off.

You know what to expect from him every week. You don't get a different quarterback. You see some quarterbacks go out there and play great, and then the next week they go out there and they don't play half as good as the last week. So I like that.

The only adjustment I have to make is being in game shape. When you take this time off, you lose a little of that game-time conditioning.

We definitely made more plays than they did. We accepted the pressure. This was a bump in the road for us.

We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves.

We're not messing around. We want to win every game from here on out. We have to or else we go home. I'll tell you what, we do have our thoughts in the right place, though, and that's winning. We're a winning football team, that's what we do.

There are a lot of things at stake. They're undefeated. If we lose this game, we'll get behind, and that's something you don't want to create in your division. You definitely want to stay ahead of the game.

When you get a chance to play a game like this at home, you definitely want that opportunity. It feels good to be able to stay at home and not worry about travel.

We've got a great defense, a great front seven. There's no way we shouldn't play the way we did in the second half every week.

We try to confuse you as much as we can. I think it's hard for a quarterback.

You don't know how many times I look back and see the ball skipping on the ground because the quarterback is on his back. That makes a huge difference.

And you look at what you did wrong because I guarantee you they're going to know everything we did wrong. The opportunities they missed. . . . I'm sure they're looking at that.

There's not one thing that you can put your finger on.

I've never had a year like this, ... This is the first time I've had to overcome this many at one time.

Things are a little different ... The way the organization is run is a lot different, but who's to say the correct way to run it? It's stable. There's not a lot of in and out. You know who the coach is. You know who the core guys are. I thought I was one of the core guys there, but obviously I got out of there.

They always give you the things that could happen, the risks you take. At the same time, I'm aware of that and I don't really care. I just want to play football and help us win.

The way it felt then, I thought my leg was going to fall apart, ... I'm fine now.

(The streak) is important and it shows accountability but at the same time, I'm not really concerned with it. There's a lot of great players that have missed a lot of games, so I'm not concerned with that. It's just (that) I want to be out there to help my team win, and I know I can't do anything sitting on the sidelines.

Somebody's going to give him a shot if we don't. I'll tell you what, I'd welcome him in my locker room. We understand what he brings to the table, positives and negatives, but you know never know, you give him a fresh start, things could work out.

Speed can make up for a lot of things. And those boys can all run. You can't substitute that.

That's not true at all. The value has risen. Think about it. If you can't mug a guy down the field, isn't it more valuable to have the speed and coverage skills to stay with him?

That's not the plan right now. The plan right now is to leave it like it is. I'll be fine with a little rest.

A little, they're older. And they still make a lot of plays, so definitely.

You never know what's going to happen, but at that point, they had the opportunity to take the lead or pull within a point. That play definitely stopped some momentum and turned some things around.

The way they played up there in Kansas City, it ain't the same, though,

They throw a lot. And they complete a lot.

They drafted me and I appreciated that, ... But at the same time I'm with a new team. I'm all about the Broncos. The Redskins are history to me. I appreciate everything they did while I was there, but things happen for a reason and I'm ready to beat up on them this week.

There was nothing they were doing why we couldn't make things happen, all we had to do is just play. We dominated and we never gave up. The offense played well and scoring on defense really helps.

They're playing a little different. They're not playing as hard.

It's just another week to me. All I've got to deal with is the harness.

It's OK, the rules apply for both teams. If they're going to do that, though, they should bring four corners over here (per team) instead of three.

It makes me feel better about missing a game. I hate to miss, but if we lose, I'll feel even worse about the job I'm doing.

It's great. I'll look back on it after the season and I'll think about it. But we're still playing football and I try not to dwell on it because it kind of clouds your vision for the week ahead.

That's sick. In the playoffs? That's not even the whole season. That's 10 games. And about 10 of (the turnovers) came from one person.

It's sore. But I'm not really worried. I just want to know what's wrong so I can start taking care of it.

It was nonexistent, most of it. There were moments where I turned certain ways, or put my arm certain ways where I could feel it, but nothing real extreme.

It was a game we necessarily didn't have to win, but we wanted to win regardless. This team is about winning. That's what we think about.

It was a great play by me. I made the play, but it was something we'd talked about the whole game.

It's working out. But it's not my dream to get to the AFC Championship. It's winning the Super Bowl. One game left and we're in, and obviously we've got to win again if we get there. It's definitely the process I wanted to take when I came here.

Nothing strange about this, ... This shows the heart of a champion. This is what we expected.

Their defense is definitely better because of ... He makes plays a lot of corners can't. . . . If you have a shutdown corner, teams also have to go the other way, so you take away a good piece of the field. He makes the linebackers better, he makes the defensive line better.