Mike Holmgren Quotations | Page 2

He kind of set the tone for all those guys inside. And they've played well. He was a little like what John Randle was like for us a couple years ago.

He'll be able to get on the field in a couple of weeks, I would think,

The good news is with rest -- I believe and our medical people believe -- he will get better.

There are times when I become frustrated when we get second (down) and nine, ... (But) I was bound and determined today to stay with it.

I talked to him Saturday morning, and he was walking and moving. And he felt pretty good about it,

I talked to a number of players on the team -- including our offensive linemen -- they really wanted to do this for him. That's all healthy stuff, that's all good stuff.

I talk about that a lot. I think if you asked one of my players, they'd probably tell you I kill them with that stuff. Just being careful. It's the last thing I told them Sunday night after we broke from the stadium after the game. After this incident, it gave me another opportunity because they were listening. I mean for the guys who kind of tuned me out before, now I had everybody listening and we talked about it, which, I think, is my responsibility as a coach. You know these guys are my family, and it would be like talking to your own kids, you don't want bad things to happen to them so let's try to help them a little bit.

It can look a little chaotic on the sidelines, but if you have done things right ahead of time, you really are not surprised by much, Mike, for the next 60 minutes, we are not responsible for anything we say to each other.

Being the personal protector, blocker for Shaun Alexander and then look what Shaun has done.

We are going to have to figure out how we're going to deal with a real strong receiver like that.