Duce Staley Quotations

Wherever I can fit in and contribute, I'll be happy.

I didn't get involved in an altercation. That happened in the club, but that didn't involve me. I wasn't robbed, and I had my 2 earrings. I lost my bracelet, that's all.

I am close to being three weeks out of surgery so who knows?

I can't really speak of that, ... Those days are over with. I don't even remember what happened. I've got amnesia.

I give them to all the soldiers and tell them to shoot these bullets and come save me. And they come save me.

Unfortunately, not one person in the Eagles' front office has given me any idea of what the future holds for me as a player for the Eagles beyond this season. This has come as a real shock to me. After a while, you start to wonder what's going on. Why hasn't the Eagles' front office even tried to talk to me and see what my thoughts are on the subject of my future?

I think they'll find a way to keep us all involved. This is the West Coast offense. There's a lot of balls out there to be passed around.

I still love playing the game, still want to play the game, still want to be productive. That's what it's all about.

You'll have to ask the coaches, but I'm definitely a competitor,

Those guys are talented man, ... It's just all about experience now. You saw what they can do, you saw Willie break the long run, Verron catching passes and picking up blitzes and stuff. There's talent out there, you just have to utilize it on the field.

Those guys are talented but it is all about experience now, ... You saw what they can do. You saw Willie break the long runs and you saw Verron catching passes and picking up blitzes.

Those words really ring in my head right now. Of course, I would like for him to be here -- and, if he couldn't be here, to be in the hospital watching. But one thing you do know is that he's here in spirit.

You can tell Bussie and I rubbed off on him. One thing about the kid, he listens -- and he's got more speed than we can ever dream of having.

You have to understand, we went through the same thing last year. I was out there, I got hurt; Jerome went in and we didn't miss a beat. Here we go again: Willie comes in and we don't miss a beat.

Even though my mom and dad were divorced, she was still there, she was still by his side (in the hospital).

Right now things are starting to pick up for me.

People are still questioning the shoulder or questioning the foot. In my mind, I know I'm healthy. I know my body's right. Last year at this time, or even two years ago, I couldn't tell you that. Not if I was honest.

This is the last time you might see 36 in that uniform, so I would rather for him to actually go out with a bang. If it was up to me and him battling for the last little piece, I would willingly give it up to him.

It was good for me, good to get back together with him. We did a lot in a short time.

It was a lot of rehab that was experimental with that injury. There was not a lot of knowledge as far as rehabbing and strengthening the foot, so we had actually try a lot of things, but it worked and I'm definitely thankful for it.

It's a great feeling knowing that we get a chance to take Jerome back home. That's all he wanted all year. So now, the destination for Jerome is Detroit.

It's hard to swallow. It's a tough situation for me. It's a tough situation for my family, but it's something that happened. And especially being in the situation he was in, knowing he had cancer, knowing that unexpected day would come. ... Death is always unexpected, no matter if they put a time on (how long you have to live). I'm just blessed to be able to live out one of his goals.

It's been a long time. I'm looking forward to it and am excited about it. I feel pretty good.

It's definitely a test for us to let us know where we are. This is definitely a huge rivalry and one of those games where you can use your measuring stick. I'm pretty sure coach will harp on that all week.

It's definitely odd, ... But I can see what's going on and I just have to wait for my shot to get in there and do what I do.

I want to play but I'm not going to do anything to hurt the team, ... I'm not going to go out there and not be in good enough condition to play or not going to go out there and still be hurt and play. I'm just going to hurt the team if I did that.

I'm not going to be in shape to probably go out there and finish a whole game, but I just want to be able to contribute.

I knew pretty much he was going to put me down, but I was close all week.

I knew my dad wanted me to be here.

I had to file a police report in order to have it replaced by my insurance company. I wasn't robbed and I wasn't in some altercation.

I'm not thinking about that right now. I'm just focused on the Super Bowl with everybody else.

If you're asking me if I think I'm that back, yeah, I know I'm the back you can grind it out with and close out a game,

I have to continue with the rehab and continue with the plan and move on.

But I don't think the game plan will change.

If he's out there running and doing what he's doing and putting up great numbers and we're winning, without a doubt, leave him in there.

The coaches know I want to be out there. They know I want the ball. But I'm not going to be disgruntled. That's not my nature; that's not what I do.