Trent Dilfer Quotations

I was in the back part of the bunker, so I had to carry the whole bunker. It was probably 20 yards.

Went to 16 and hit a really bad 3 wood for my second shot and got stuck in the bunker about 70 yards from the pin. Poor execution, chunked it, hit a good chip up to about eight feet, missed it.

There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty.

So I went way too in depth? I thought they wanted the hole by hole.

There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.

I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times.

We're not afraid to say what we think we're going to do. I'm not a big believer in talking before the game, but this team has the ability to back up pretty much anything it says.

Ultimately, this is the type of situation where I can play my best football and inspire the people around me. Don't tell me that what the San Diego Chargers did last year -- or what the Rams did in 1999 -- two teams won't do next year. And we could definitely be one of those teams.

Since I've got here, Darrell has been the guy in my mind that scares people the most with his ability to get off press, his ability to stretch zones and his ability to run after catches.

My focus was not letting that happen. I never hung my head. I knew I wasnt playing good, but I also knew I had a bunch of football left.

One game he almost broke my leg sacking me and he came into the locker room after the game making sure I was all right.

I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy,

But that's not me. I feel most alive when I'm being challenged, when there is pressure involved. I felt like I was dying as a football player. And I always felt that I've never met my potential as a football player in this league. I was hoping to get one more chance. I didn't think I would.

I hate speculating about that because I've had things that have hurt so bad before I didn't think I'd be able to walk and I was fine the next day. I've had stuff that hasn't hurt that bad and it holds you out.

I felt like I prepared great for the game. Unfortunately, I just didn't play as well as I wanted to.

(He) doesn't really need a mentor anymore. Maybe the first couple years, I walked him through some things. But I look at him as a peer now.

Whatever RAC (Crennel's initials) wants, that's what I'll do.

Hes been very supportive to me privately and encouraging on the football field, ... Thats all I can take. I do believe he believes in me.

kind words after football games when they beat us up. That meant the world to me.

I think the history's been a lot of a burden for the organization. But I think the players just started to feel it recently. A lot of times that would be a bad thing, but I think they used it to their advantage.

Look at our Detroit game this year. We ran the ball great, and it didn't mean a thing.

You add him, and it's 70 catches, boom,

When you're not playing well as a quarterback, what I've learned is, you can't panic. The challenge with this football team is, when things go bad, people get frustrated. My challenge is not to let that happen.

This week we're playing against a great front seven, ... a team that knows how to pressure the quarterback and overload the run game and make you run uphill.

This team showed an incredible mental toughness. It didn't let the storms of the game bother them. They weathered each one of them and this game wasn't in doubt at the end because they showed so much resolve.

What was so attractive about this trade was that, unlike other teams who we talked to (Miami and San Francisco), the Browns didn't call and say, 'Hey, we'd love for you to come in and start for a year, and then train whoever we draft,'

Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.

I've been 'Favre'd' twice up here, ... So, I was a wreck on the sidelines. It was big to erase some of those demons.

It was all good if you were in the game to just pick up a paycheck,

The team the last couple years as taken a pounding emotionally,

The one hit, I thought I was done. There was a sharp pain, I didn't think I would be able to get up. But that's happened before and you get up and move it around a little bit and you realize it's not a catastrophic injury at the time. When I realized it wasn't, I wasn't going to come out.

Thats how it should be, ... Ive always been a believer that nobody should be safe, that you should have to earn your position week in and week out and perform. I expect that.

They took some things away from us defensively and put us in some holes, and we had to try to catch up throwing the ball.

They feel so sorry for me because I am so old that I think they are playing a little better than they normally would.

They're good. They rush everybody, they hit you,

It's a great test. They have a very active defense, a defense that brings pressure, which quarterbacks love. Hopefully, it will open up a chance to make big plays.

Darrell's ability to come off the ball, his first three steps, are getting to be as good as anybody in football, ... He runs his routes in a way that is very hard to decipher between out-cuts and in-breaking cuts and the vertical game.

The biggest factor today was big plays. We called some aggressive pass plays and were able to capitalize on some. Even the ones we didn't (connect on) scared the snot out of them.

Its discouraging, ... I thought wed score three to four touchdowns, I really did. We didnt get any big plays.

It was a good shot. It knocked me back to a certain degree and stung me pretty good.

It was just one mistake of many. We all took our turn making mistakes.

After the one down the middle where I just missed him, on the sidelines I said, 'We're not there yet but we're going to get there this game,' and we did. We got there on the slant. He's getting better every day.

Anytime there's no sacks they did their job. I'm very comfortable with those guys. They're a great group. We're going to be able to do a lot of good things because of them.

I'm not going to lie to you - we were never clicking offensively. We made two plays, and we got two touchdowns out of them.

I'm excited to see how I'll hold up under pressure. I'm swinging as well as I've ever swung the golf club, so we'll see if that holds up.

I love him, ... He's a great player. He immediately makes you a better football team. There's not many players, outside of quarterbacks, who when they walk into the locker room, you're a better team. It's simple. When he's there, you're better. And when he leaves, you're worse off.

I'm excited about him on the field and the potential he brings to us for explosive plays,

In 1998, I was with Tampa Bay when we led the league in rushing - and we stunk. We led the league in rushing because we ran the ball all the time.

In my opinion, (Richardson) was the MVP, ... It was brutal down (on the field with the winds gusting).  It was very hard to control the ball and punters and quarterbacks have a similar rotation on the ball. I thought Kyle did a great job being mentally tough.

I hope not. We don't have much of a chance this Sunday if I am.

I held out for 12 days. It was a wonderful decision financially and a horrible decision football-wise. Being completely honest with that, if I had to go back to do it all over again, I'd have sacrificed the $2 million I made to be a better football player my first couple years.

If you want me to say that Trent has lit it up, he hasn't lit it up,'' Crennel said.

I put the burden on me. I don't care how low it is, it's my job to get it. I saw the ball. I tried to go down and get it. It hit off my foot. I tried to grab it and Ray took it from me.

His greatest impact would be just his presence, ... I believe now that Ricky Watters is gone, I'm the only guy on this roster who's won a Super Bowl. But Shannon would change that. He's won three. He knows what it takes and his daily regimen shows the commitment level that's necessary. Guys would come to view him as the most credible player to show us all how to do this thing.

But I never hung my head. I knew I wasn't playing good, but I knew there was a lot of football left.

He's far superior to me when it comes to leadership, ... I can't have the kind of impact that he does on a team. And he doesn't lead with just his words. He leads with his actions far more. He plays hard and he practices hard. It's infectious.

I asked the ref if the hit was low and late. He said he was pushed into me. I don't get caught up in that other stuff. If you do, you can lose your focus.

The guy next to me is going to be best player out here when he starts doing it full time. A lot of us have been playing other sports.

All these cheesy completions the West Coast guys get that prop up their stats -- I just refuse to buy into that,

He is a thermostat leader, not a thermometer...He does not react to the environment he's in. He changes every environment he's in.

If you take my entire golfing life, my favorites are the older courses, the more traditional and the more authentic.

I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep. I always stay on West Coast time, and I'm always so fried when I come back, I usually sleep naturally.

I think Tahoe is one of the hidden gems in the country, and I've played a lot of golf around the country. You can't beat the smells and the clean air and just the way it makes you feel.

I used to read every golf magazine front to back; I was addicted to Golf Channel, read Rotella, read every golf book.

You cannot lose games in the NFL, and still win

People are often enamored with my Super Bowl ring. But it's my wedding ring that I'm most proud of. And having a good marriage takes even more work than winning a Super Bowl.