Ronde Barber Guys Quotations

Guys are going to make the adjustment to different coaches, because it's their job.

We looked at that standard of Hardy (Nickerson) and John (Lynch) and the Rufus Porters of the world. Those guys laid the foundation of the standard that we're trying to live up to. We know we have to get back to it. It's that physical type of football. Safeties capping off piles, creating turnovers. We're getting there. We're getting there.

I think Jon has learned to trust young guys more.

That's what I kept telling everybody. I told the guys from the beginning to focus on what we can do in 2005 and not what we did in 2004; and everybody bought into it.

This year we've got a lot of young guys that are expecting to play. I don't see anything wrong with that as long as they prove they are good players.

You had a team in 2002 that was approaching greatness. I'm not making excuses, but this just might be a reason, I think. Guys who are good players try to be great players by doing too much. In the long run that's going to hurt you.

We've put a big emphasis on detail this year, and it's paying off. Guys know exactly what they're supposed to do. There is no doubt about what your job is.

We are very critical on ourselves, but overall I think we did everything that was asked of us. We stuck together and had guys in the right spots. When it came to crunch time we were able to make the plays.

There's no doubt about it. I think winning breeds camaraderie. We had camaraderie last year, but losing didn't really make it that much better. There's definitely a combination of the two, the young guys and the old guys. The balance, I guess, you could call it. It's really good on this football team.

It was two guys with their triple testosterone running high, acting like idiots. I'm a feisty dude, and he's a feisty dude.

You never like to think you're rebuilding. But if you have a bunch of young guys who have to play? Yeah, you're rebuilding.

They are definitely legit. They have good players at every position and what they do is pretty similar to what we did four or five years ago. I think we've evolved a bit from where we were. They have guys who understand it's not all about the scheme - it's also about your attitude and the way you approach the game.

It works out in the end for the good guys and he's definitely one of those.

I could see all their defensive guys really hustling that day in Tampa. They hunt like we hunt.