«When you come in the stadium now, that's all you see is the No. 80 jersey there. It's difficult knowing he's not ever going to come out of the tunnel with me again.»

«I know that Coach Edwards is not going to allow us to go through this again, the type of coach he is, and the guys that we have in here are not going to stand for it, either. I know he'll get us going in the right direction.»

«I'm very happy with where I'm at and I'm very comfortable here.»

«Wins and all that don't give you peace of mind.»

«Chad has shown that he can play in this league, and that's the most important thing. Any time you go out, at this level, compete and put together the type years Chad has put together, there's nothing left for him to prove to anybody.»

«This year has been such a roller coaster. I want some stability. I just can't find that in my career right now.»

«That's a credit to 'Dinger's offense,»

«[Maybe what Rison needed was a coach like Washington Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs. He's been working?his new team into the ground. During two-a-day sessions, the players usually practiced at 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., so their typical day began at 6 a.m. and usually ended with meetings that started at 10:15 p.m.] We haven't taken the pads off yet, ... We started camp on July 25 and we haven't missed a day. I'll watch guys on television and they're practicing in helmets and shorts. We'll be in pads even on the day before the game [a practice usually reserved for a light walk-through session]. This makes the season real long.»

« 'There's only so much you can do,' ... 'Just keep playing hard and it will be O.K.' »

«I had asked Herm myself last week because the rumors were something that was eating at me, ... And he said, 'I'm not going anywhere.' Those were his exact words. And I slept easy.»