Byron Leftwich Quotations

I feel great. That's the thing. I haven't felt this good since May or June. I have no wear and tear on my body. I feel fine. I didn't hurt my arm. I still know how to throw that ball. I still know how to go to the right place with the football. I think I can do that.

Fred's a guy that doesn't need to practice to play,

He's just like a freak, man. Everybody on this planet knows what kind of athlete he is and what he's capable of doing.

He's having one of the best camps out of all the receivers. No, I'm not too surprised he's having a good camp.

I always feel like what I've got is weatherproof. I can play through anything: rain, sleet, snow. I always tell the coaches, 'Don't be afraid to throw the ball in the rain or snow.

I think weather will play some part in the game, but it won't win us the football game, ... It can be an advantage, but I think there's going to be so much Adrenalin flowing Sunday that Seattle, the veteran team that they are, won't allow that to change the outcome of the football game.

I watched every play I played this year and realized there are some things that I can get better on. There are some things that I?m doing pretty well. It gave me a chance to get healthy. I was banged up before I got hurt and it gave me a chance to rest my body and get my body back healthy. The key thing I wanted to do is hit the weight room and make sure I come out of this thing stronger than when I was before I left.

I watch a lot of TV and I haven't seen anybody give us a chance. That is cool with us because we understand that is not going to determine if we win the football game or not. What is going to determine it is how well we are going to prepare this week and how well we get out there and play on Saturday night.

Right now, who knows. I don't listen to anything until I ask Fred on Saturday or Sunday, 'What's up?' And he'll let me know.

That could have been ugly. That could have been it for a while.

Jimmy will get old when guys start covering him by themselves, ... and that hasn't happened since I have been here.

I'm here to help out. That's how players are, past and present. We look out for each other.

That's the key. You have to start fast. So many times last year we started slow.

Wins are hard to come by in this league but it was nice to get this one.

We made it into the play. It's just something that me and Jimmy have going on. There's a lot of balls Jimmy catches that aren't designed to go to him.

Those are things that scare us, but hopefully those things turn out well. You hope it's nothing major, but you never know.

We beat a very good football team and we still haven't played our best football.

You guys left him for dead, said he was all washed up. Somebody was wrong.

Everything starts with their four guys up front. They don't allow you time to attack them down the field.

Ed Reed. Just the way he baits the quarterback. He always seems to have an idea of what you are trying to do. If you watch the film, he shows you how he baits the quarterback and everyone seems to do the same thing every time they face him. He is the best in the league.

They played us differently than they played everybody else, I'd say, for the last 10 games.

A bone doesn't heal in two weeks. It hurts some days more than others. Sometimes it just wants to ache for no reason. Right now, I'm just trying to get over that hump.

I'm not expecting to be rusty. The great thing for me is I have the opportunity to go against a top defense every day in practice. Hopefully that will have me more prepared than I should be.

I'm not looking that rusty in practice. I'm hitting everything. My goal this week is to make it through without a setback.

I'm doing everything I was able to do before I was hurt. I didn't hurt my arm. I still know how to throw the ball. I still know where to go with the football.

I'm feeling pretty good, I'm ready to roll. It shouldn't be getting any worse than it was on Sunday. I know my leg won't be in that much pain.

I didn't feel any rust. I was excited to be back out there.

You can't think that way, ... We're not the Baltimore Ravens of 2000. We've got too many good players on offense to be even thinking that way.

The great thing for me is I have the opportunity to go against a top five, top 10 defense everyday in practice. I get the chance to go out and practice against our guys. They?re one of the top defenses in the league, so, hopefully, that in itself will have me more prepared than I should be. I?m not worried about being rusty.