Marcus Tubbs Quotations

We wanted to win this game, and we knew what would come along with it,

We might have been just feeling them out a little bit. Playing with them, seeing what we were going to use. It's all about getting in a rhythm, and we were able to get in one.

I feel the sky's the limit for me. I try to approach every game not really worrying about press and accolades. I pray before every game, and all I ask is to never cut myself short. That's what I try to take into every practice, every game. And I see good things coming out of this.

He's a character. But when he gets on the field, he turns into a man. This guy is a beast. I love being around him. He talks trash, but that's all right because he can see stuff coming before it happens.

You always want to beat somebody that beat you. On top of that, we've got pretty big goals ahead of us. We definitely want to win the game.

We couldn't let it, ... so we didn't.

We've learned to play together and develop relationships and bonds and friendships. You can see that on the field, just how bad we want success for the other person even more than ourselves sometimes.

We knew that Ray wasn't going to be at full strength this week. But Coach Marshall stepped in, and that's where team camaraderie kicks in. And I think coming away with a win like this against a team as good as the Falcons, I think that means tons to him.

To be able to come into training camp and come in focused and have a clear mind and not have to deal with issues of family back home and getting my contract done and the injuries that occurred along the way has helped me out on the field,

First coming into the situation, I really didn't understand how he was. The type of guy he was,

But my mom knew this was my job and she gave me her blessing and told me to stay out here and do the best I could out here. But overall it was, by far, the toughest time in my life.

Coming here last year, I heard the fans hadn't had a whole lot to cheer for. We're changing that. We're giving back to the city, we're doing good things and we're making the fans happy. And those are the people that matter.

That's what the defense is here for. Come put out fires and help the offense as much as we can.

It's another way of keeping my mother's legacy going.

It's part of the plan every week -- try to get to the quarterback as fast as we can, close the pocket and make his throws a little bit faster than he wants to be. That's what we try to do.

I have so far to go, I mean so far to go, but I can already see where it's paying off a little bit. I need to improve on consistency with my technique. I have to keep my pads down on every play. Have to be a better student of the game and break my opponents down better. It's going to take time.

I know he has a different delivery than most people do, but I get the message out of what he's saying, and because I can do that, it really doesn't hurt me when he says the things he says.