Grant Wistrom Quotations

If you are looking for silver linings, I think that went pretty darn well. It was a much better job of getting our checks out there on defense than we had all of last year.

When we have a 21-point lead at halftime, those are football games we have to win on defense. Our offense can go out there and go three-and-out every series, but defensively we should still go out there and be able to win those football games.

We blew a number of games we should have won defensively. It all goes back to that first game when we lost and people like to make a bigger deal out of it than it was.

He's an overachiever. It's the best label you can ever have in your life.

There has been such a release of joy and energy from this city. It sure feels good to bring these fans what they wanted.

I love playing for Ray. I just hope he gets better. I know he'll be better when he can. With Ray, they'll have to tie him down to keep him from being here right now.

Our new guys have come in and believed that they belonged from the first day. They practice like it and then they go out there on Sunday and show it. Without those guys, we are an average football team, a little above .500. I think we owe them a lot.

Losing the Super Bowl is the most depressing thing I've ever been a part of. I was the biggest jerk in the world after that for months. I didn't want to be around anyone or even think about football.

Last year, the only reason we weren't in the Super Bowl was because of our defense. This year, we wanted to be part of the solution and not the cause of the problem.

These are the games that help build confidence. But also you look back at them later on down the line and they're the reason why you have home-field advantage or a first-round bye in the playoffs, because you win those close games.