Richard Seymour Quotations

When I look back at football, I've always said to myself, 'I'd rather leave the game and have something in my tank rather than have left all of me out on the field.'

Make no mistake about it. That wasn't the reason that we lost that football game.

Obviously, we have our work cut out for us, ... but I look at this as another opportunity for this football team.

Obviously, we don't want to be in those situations, but we have the confidence as a team that we can get the job done. We have a great opportunity of going out this week and trying to bounce back from our loss.

My favorite is a square-toe black shoe, but for a dressier look, I'll wear gators. The bigger the shoes, the more expensive they get. Unfortunately, I'm a size 17.

Next week it isn't going to be good enough with the performance we had tonight.

If we line up in the same spot all the time, they always know where we're going to be. Any time we can move around, try to be disruptive, that makes the offensive line have to make checks and calls. We go in and out of things to keep them off balance and not knowing what we're going to do.

If we can keep this up, we might be peaking at the right time. We have a lot of pride in what we do out there. We're coming together as a team.

I always thought that good things come to those who wait anyway. At the end of the day, when I lay my head down I want to be happy. You can have all the money in the world and not be happy.

I always thought that good things come to those who wait anyway.

We've been used to kind of playing till the final game is over with.

We took one on the chin. We accept that.

We took one on the chin (in Carolina) and we accept that. There's a lot of room for improvement with everybody on the team. It has to start this week.

We lost our three starting linebackers. You can't take those guys out and expect everything to be the same. We haven't done as well as we'd like, but it's early. If we had all the answers, we wouldn't need camp.

He definitely has the ability to be a great coach in this league. He has a lot of tools that it takes. He's very poised. He's a smart guy. He understands defenses and how to take things away from offenses, so he'll probably have a lot of success in this league.

He definitely has the ability to be a great coach in this league.

It comes down to making plays. It doesn't matter who you have in the huddle, what really matters is what you do on the football field.

It is good to beat a good football team like Tampa Bay, and the way we did it was impressive.

Rodney's tough as nails and anytime a guy like that goes down in pain on the field, you know there's something wrong.

Playing well against a good team builds confidence. I think it's definitely important when you can do it against a team with a winning record.

I won't say there's a good Richard and a bad Richard, but I've got a switch, and when it clicks on, I'm somebody else.

I tell them I'll buy half of them; y'all buy the other half. Nine times out of 10, I'll end up paying for all of them. But at least I know I'll have 50 screaming for me, not against me.

That's the way we look at it. Whenever we step on the field we want to win. (Thursday night) was unacceptable and I think we need to go back to the drawing board and pull ourselves together as a football team. We have to work our way from the bottom up. It's going to take work, dedication and commitment from everyone.

I would love to retire a Raider, but I have earned the right to be a free agent.

Whoever is in the game, that is who we are going to have to face. Obviously, Vick is one the best players in the NFL. If he is there, that is a guy that we are definitely going to have a game plan for.

Whoever is in the game, that is who we are going to have to face, ... Obviously, Vick is one the best players in the NFL. If he is there, that is a guy that we are definitely going to have a game plan for.

We have the talent with Ty Warren , Jarvis Green, Big Wilfork and it's just a matter of going out and doing the job every day. It puts more beef on the field and we can move in and out with our versatility. We all feel like we're every down players and want to be on the field, but we don't care if its 3-4 or 4-3 as long as we're winning football games.

Those are two instrumental guys to what we do.

When the tough get going, we get tougher. It doesn't come from guys quitting.

We?re not going to hold our heads down because it?s a long season. We still have a lot of work to do. We took one on the chin and we accept that. There?s a lot of room for improvement with everybody on the team. It has to start this week.

We are just living to fight another day.

We've got a lot of bumps and bruises. We're banged up. But this is what football's all about.

We went down to rock everywhere, including this beach. It was slowly to come back. It didn't all come back that first year, but by the second year, it was fully restored and looked just like it did before the storms.

At this point in time, you win or go home. We're not ready to go home.

It was time to pick it up. We've got a long way to go but we needed to get things rolling. Improving. We did that.

It was uncharacteristic of the way we play.

It was very uncharacteristic of us. We just weren't capitalizing when we had opportunities. Things just snowballed on us. It was just too much to overcome against a very good football team.

I've always respected the authority figures in my life, including my coaches.

Denver caused a lot of those mistakes. I don't care what anybody says -- you have to give them credit.

Anytime I go out on the football field, I try to go out and play to the best of my abilities. The key is being consistent.

You never want conflict. But sometimes conflict is inevitable.

They're a football team that's kind of run oriented. If they can punish you with the run, then that's what they're going to continue to do all day. I don't know if they'll throw it if they don't have to.

It's a tough one to swallow. It's disappointing, very disappointing. The last game is done, and we feel like it's premature.

I try to do things with class, try to be a man of integrity. I never want to put on a show or try to draw attention to myself.

It's a nice hat. I will add it to the others.

It's very disappointing but we did it and mistakes are part of the game. It was very uncharacteristic of the way we've played in our run.

It's terribly disappointing. It ends our season. Now we're going home to watch the games on television.

It's always disappointing when you lose, especially in a game of this magnitude. It ends our season. We're going home.

It's good for Ty. I think he went through a little bit of a tough time, trying to find his place, trying to find his (new) home.

It's good for the defensive line. If the team is always in a certain position, they know where you're going to be. It gives us an advantage when we can move around and get into different spots.

It's beautiful, because before us, the last couple teams that won the Super Bowl, they didn't even make the playoffs the next year, like us in 2002. We had teams gunning for us all year long, and we met every challenge. We answered all the questions.

They want to run the football. It's going to be important that we try to make them be a one-dimensional team. I think if we can do that, we're going to be fine.

Anytime we go up against an offense that likes to run the football like they do, it?s up to the defense to do the job. We just tried to mix it up with the 3-4 and 4-3. Give credit to the whole defense.

I just want to be paid wherever my place is. What I bring to the team, what I bring to the table, I just want what's fair for me. I don't want to take advantage of anyone, and I don't want anyone taking advantage of me. I'm firm on that, but at the same time I'm willing to work on something that's fair. If I bring a certain level, then I want to be paid at that level.

I like classic clean lines with a little bit of edge. I like to make a statement in a suit, rather than have the suit make the statement.

I'm just trying to get myself in game shape. I feel like I'm in good shape and by the time the season rolls around, I think I'll be just fine. It's a matter of getting out there and playing and getting a feel for it again to get ready for what we hope is a long season.

I may see a way I want to do something, and I understand when you have a team, everybody can't do their own thing. I'm willing to put my own agenda aside to do what's best for the team.

I just think it is another opportunity for some other guys to step up. I am not sure who is going to step up in that spot, but whoever's number is called, I just think they have to be ready to go.

I feel like I was in a boxing match out there. But nothing's easy when you come here. It's always a tough match.

I feel like I was in a boxing match. Nothing is ever easy against Pittsburgh. . . . Last week we didn't get too low with the loss. This week we won't get too high with the win. But it's nice that we're able to pull out tough wins like this. This is what football is all about. I know it's early in the season and there's a lot of football left to play. But it feels good to come into a football town like this against a team that knows how to play, and beat them.