Shawn Springs Quotations

I was talking to the Seahawks around that time, telling them I wanted to get traded. We were bad on defense -- couldn't stop the run, couldn't pressure the passer -- and it was just killing me.

I was raised in that organization. They've seen me go from a young man to who I am today.

I didn't get coaching in Seattle like I did this year, ... except for my first two years.

I always wanted to go into his suite and eat some cookies, ... That would have been pretty cool.

He won't let you get a big hit on him, ... Just when you think you got him and you've stopped him a couple times, he'll slither out and bust one. I laugh at people all the time that are like, 'I don't like Shaun Alexander; he doesn't run tough,' and stuff like that. I tell them, 'You say what you want to, he'll bust one on you for about 40, 50 yards.'

He had issues with everybody focusing on his drops, not really focusing on how many plays he did make,

He said you're going to go up there and change the program.

He's held up well, ... When you're the ninth pick, you're not supposed to look like a rookie; you're supposed to look sharp, and that's what I expect out of him. He's a very mature young man, he's studied a lot of film, and I don't look at him as a rookie. When you're a top-10 pick, you're expected to come in and play.

I think we did. They have good players, a good defense, and home field throughout. Whoever comes in here better be ready, because their defense was awesome, and Matt did enough with Shaun going down to beat us.

It felt good, especially after what my last season in Seattle was like.

I think he did really good, ... That was a tough group of receivers to start off with, and it was good to see that he wasn't nervous. He did a good job. I was so happy he got the pick.

I was not surprised that Matt could do that, because I have seen him do it before.

We were just overmatched. We ran into a team that was just better than us.

When I got here, they were like, 'We're going to build around you,'

When you have a quarterback that's mobile and accurate like Matt is, it's pretty tough to defend. We didn't expect Matt to be as effective as he was today, and he was great.

We've been playing well so far. Let's keep it at that. I don't want to go out Sunday night and get bombed or something like that. We've been playing well, and we've just been battling through injuries.

You can't control that. There's nothing you can do about that,

We kind of laughed when we saw that they were going to open it up like that. You can't come out with four wide receivers all the time on us, not with Gregg. No one can block Gregg all game like that.

Both are fun, they're just different. It's like having an angel and a devil - I ain't saying which one is which.

I've been hearing it all over the place about us being the weak link. There was no way we were going to be the ones to get burned. Nobody is going to take advantage of us.

After checking Galloway and Glenn, everybody else in the Big Ten was like a cupcake.

Now I'm in my 10th year, I make a lot of money, and I can still walk without (limping). He was a visionary.

As a player, you're about the team. You do the best you can do to help out the team.

As a player, if you're about the team, you do what you can to help them.

The way we look at it, everybody's on a one-year contract. We need to produce this season or we're probably gone.

The way they're using me, you never know where I'm at, ... Tell the boys I might just drop out of the sky, so they'd better be prepared for anything.

They use me everywhere, ... I blitz. I cover. I'm a rover. I make the coverage calls. I call plays. I do everything. Life is good.

You don't have any choice if your dad plays for the Cowboys,

It's a short week. I strained it last week and that was the first game I wasn't able to finish. We have enough depth and enough quality players that I don't want to do anything that would hurt the team. We have guys like Walt (Harris) and Carlos (Rogers) who are very capable and are doing a great job.

It might have been a different game if there was an interception returned for a touchdown.

It's cool, man, ... There's a lot of love when you go to high school in this area.

It wasn't a magical run or anything like that. We have a pretty good football team and we played well over the last six weeks. We beat some good teams. We were just overmatched today.

They wouldn't let me fly to San Fran because of my concussion.

I'm excited about it. We used to get at it. I remember when Darrell first came in -- I thought he was going to be a pretty good player, so we would mix it up.

I'm just like they are. I'm coming off a bye. I'm going to be rested and fresh. I'm gong to be ready.

In the locker room, they would tell me, 'Go get me a jock strap in the back room' or something, ... So I would go over to the Cowboys complex. Bill Bates would say, 'Shawn, go get me a Gatorade.'

Hey, Matt's a good player, man; I've seen him do it before. If Shaun's not the MVP, it's not like Matt couldn't be. He can move. We didn't capitalize like we should.

He said he didn't do it, so I don't think he did it.

I can take a plane to see them in 45 minutes, or take a train 2 1/2 hours, so I see them all the time,

The first thing Ray said was, 'Man, come on, now -- don't do me like that,' ... We sat there at The Cheesecake Factory and talked about everything. I told him how I'd felt about the last four years, that I was tired of taking the blame. And I came away thinking, This is the guy who's going to make me a player.