Bob Sanders Quotations

We squared up and his feet went flying over his head. Ever since I can remember, I've tackled the way I tackle now. I have always been a very aggressive football player. Once I put the pads on, I have this love for being aggressive, to just throw my body around.

Size doesn't matter. It's all about the heart.

I'm the type of guy who wants to make every play.

Play fast, play smart, play aggressive, bring energy!

I have no idea why my mom picked Bob, and I've never asked her. My name used to get slaughtered all the time by other people. I was 'Desmond' or 'Damon' or `Demon.' So Bob's cool.

When another player screws up, I kind of erase it and make a good play.

I've made a few hits where I'll look up at the screen and be like, 'Oh my God.' Like it wasn't even me, like I just watched another guy kill this guy, and I don't even think that was me that made that hit.

They may say, 'He's small. We really don't know if he can get the job done.' But they said that about me coming out of high school.

Either you can lie down or you can stand up and say, 'I'm going to be a man about it, go out and deal with the pain and help my team win.'

I want to be one of the top guys in the back end and make sure I keep our team in line and doing the right things in front of me.

If you hit somebody hard enough, they will give up. You can feel their body go limp and they'll just surrender. So every time I hit somebody, the goal is to knock myself out. I know that if I hit somebody hard enough that I can feel it, it's hurting them 10 times worse.

We were brought here for a reason, and that's to be physical, run fast and get to the ball. We have some great guys who came in here and are going to help us out this year. As long as we continue to move forward, practice hard and work together, we'll be good.

Peyton, he can't win it himself. I think Peyton's done a great job with us and he'll continue to get better.

I got into it that I'm going to win every time. It doesn't matter the size, height, weight, whatever. I really don't care. I'm not afraid of going in there, putting my body in there and making a tackle against a big guy.

I always thought that if I didn't feel it, the other person was hurting more. But I've realized over time that if I hit somebody and it hurts me, it hurts them even more. It depends on the way I feel.

He's a big back who runs hard and he has great feet. You just have to make sure you get lower than he does and run through him, don't stop your feet. You don't want to try to arm-tackle him, because he runs through arm tackles like they're nothing. It's almost not fair, him having that size and those feet. It's a crazy thing.

He's getting a lot of pressure in the backfield, stopping a lot of runs. That helps so much. One of our big problems last year was we gave up too many big runs.

I think we did make a statement, because we played one of the most physical teams in the league.

I think that sparked something for us. We had been doing it all year, hitting hard, playing tough, playing physical, but I think being on that big Monday Night Football stage and playing a physical team like the Steelers made people notice.

I think so. What do you have to lose? I think they're going to throw everything at us. We'll have enough game plan to know that we just make sure we read our keys and do what we have to do to win.

I think everybody has the same attitude. It's like we have something to prove. Last year, our rush defense was not as good as we wanted. This year, we've got Corey.

You'll notice that the college people weren't there, and that's because there is no agreement, and it's because these parts of the Open Meetings Act that I just explained to you have not happened, and that's the only way the college can settle a lawsuit.

We hate to give up any touchdown. We messed up. We were not in the correct defense and we didn't line up the right way.

We know it'll be a good team, a team we've played before. I don't think it really matters who we play. It's all about us playing Colts ball.

The only thing we focused on was going out and playing the way we play: physical, smart, fast,

When you have guys out of place or you miss a tackle here, you're going to get some long runs. It's frustrating any time you give one up. Big plays kind of take the wind out of you.

We were excited to see the guys from the top take it to another level and get a guy that can really help us.

We want to get better and more physical each week. They play physical and they've got great players. But this is all about us. We want to do what we do.

We talked about being fast, about being physical. Everyone on our team is fast. Everyone on our team is physical. ... Everybody understands what coach Dungy wants out of the defense. Once we figured it out, it was easy for us to go out and play fast, play hard.

Everybody knows and understands what Coach Dungy wants out of the defense. Once we figured it out, it was easy for us to go out and play fast, play hard.

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The way our defense is set up, it puts me in situations where I'm one-on-one in making tackles on running backs. When I go into it, I think I am going to win. It really doesn't matter the size, height, weight, whatever. I'm not afraid of putting my body in there.

As a defense, we want to go into every game and have our offense and the rest of the team rely on us. We pulled it off a second week in a row, and I hope we can keep doing it.

You don't want to go into the playoffs playing with injuries, playing hurt. You want to feel 100 percent so you can play 100 percent and make as many plays as possible. I feel good.

It says we're coming along, playing together, playing well. It's an exciting moment for us, for this family, for the whole organization.

The familiarity they have with me and the scheme, I think, will help us tremendously.

I'm really going to have to pay attention to Hines because I come down to the box a lot, and he likes to crack people. I have to be aware of where he is on the field.

I guess 'harassing' is a good way to describe us.

The holes weren't as open as they were last year. Last year, there were gaping holes in there.

The entire roof was all the way across the street.

All of those really big hits I remember. I put one on him. I've given people a lot of those.