Jim Mora Quotations

We started talking about this long before the collapse. I'm just grateful that Arthur has shown this confidence in me.

We're flying you down next week. You've got to come.

My family and I love it here. Our business is a little bit nomadic at times. We'd like to stay here as long as we can. I appreciate the confidence they have shown in me.

I wouldn't say we let down our fans, but we wanted to go 9-7 and get rid of that 40-year problems we've had. We didn't get that done.

If we sit back and take a look at it, there will be some good things for the future. Maybe not good for this year, but for the future.

I think we ran into a Carolina team that was determined today. Not a lot went right for us. We feel bad about not getting rid of that 40-year problem.

I think we ran into a Carolina team that was determined today. I don't think we played well at all, but I don't think that there was a guy out there that quit.

It doesn't do you any good. It's over. You can send stuff in and it doesn't change the game. I am not sending anything in. It is done. I think the officials in this league, in my opinion, do an excellent job. We obviously had a disagreement on that play, but I felt they did a very good job. I just didn't agree with that call.

It doesn't change for us. Our backs are pressed firmly against the wall.

Mike doesn't miss games. He'll do whatever it takes to get ready to go.

We hate to lose Jeff, but we're excited for his opportunity. I'm already working on a number of options to fill that spot.

We couldn't come up with a solid, solid answer, and I'm not really one to play for ties. ... If someone had said: 'If you tie this game and win next week, you're in the playoffs,' play for a tie.

We all recognize in the last few weeks that he hasn't looked as decisive. He knows that. We've studied it, we've looked at film. Yesterday and today, he's looked decisive running the football.

What you've got is two prideful franchises, two powerful teams, that have a lot of respect for each other but don't really like each other a whole lot, ... They're a fun team to play. You want to play the best and, basically, they've dominated the NFC. If you're a competitor, that's the team you want.

You can make a case either way if you want to. He's not even close to his potential, nor is he done learning.

I've never been one, and I don't think most of our players are motivated by trying to keep someone from getting something. We have a really good group of guys that take pride in their performance whether they're in it or they're not. This is a division game against a team that beat us pretty badly earlier in the year and there's always some motivation there. If we weren't a team that had the type of high character individuals on it that I think we do, then there would be cause for concern. I think we'll give it our best shot.

Right now, we figure he'll be good to go Sunday night. When you're Mike Vick and your team needs you, the guy shows up - he's a great one.

It's repetitions. That's what's so critical for him. We're not installing a lot. Now we might on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday before our preseason game, we might add a couple of things just for that game. Really, what we're doing is we're working on concepts we've already installed.

Nobody around here is used to giving up 170 yards rushing, ... That doesn't happen to us. It shouldn't happen. It won't happen.

It's important to prepare. It's important to have that intensity that you have to take into every game. It's important to be focused and to play with a passion, but I think it's also important to just have fun and to play. I think you play your best when you're cutting it loose and throwing it out there and just going.

Not a lot went right for us today. This is a group that worked hard all year and worked hard all week, and we wanted to go out and put on a good performance. Unfortunately, we didn't.

Not a lot went right for us, as everyone who stayed around to witness that game saw.

I want to finish here. Not too soon, mind you. I want it to be down the road a little bit.

I'm a passionate guy. I'm passionate about winning, about my family, my friends, the Atlanta Falcons and about us being the best. Sometimes passion spills over into emotion, and it wasn't as big an incident as it has been portrayed to be. I have apologized to anyone I had offended and vowed that I will manage my emotions much better.

I really don't, for a number of reasons. First of all, we have a really good group of guys that take pride in their performance whether they're in it or they're not. Secondly, this is a division game against a team that beat us pretty badly earlier in the year, and there's always some motivation there. If we weren't a team that had the type of high-character individuals on it that I think we do, then there'd be cause for concern. I think we'll give it our best shot.

Because Mike Vick told me to. He said 'Challenge it, we'll win it.' You listen to what No. 7 says.

If he puts on his shoulder pads and jersey, he's going to play, he'll be ready to roll.