Max Starks Quotations

We know what we mean to this team.

We're playing at a high level. It's coming together for us at the right time.

Naturally, there was going to be the big microscope on the right side. But we weren't about to make it so people called us the weak links. We were going to do whatever it took to be a good line. We had some rough spots in the middle of the year, but now we're all on the same page.

No. 1, he's that height and if he gets down lower that's less target space to hit on, ... It forces you to stay in that uncomfortable 90-degree squat stance while shuffling, while using your hands. Through the course of the game it wears on you and you start to get higher and higher by the end. At that point, he's able to run under guys or get good enough technique that he can get under their pads and push them backward.

He was very ferocious out there. The focus is getting the big ring. My father got an AFC championship ring and I now have an AFC championship, but I definitely want more than that.

When he played, I was just two weeks old. I wasn't interested (in the Super Bowl). At two weeks old, I was more concerned with milk.

I thought we did a lot of things well. But there's always something you can improve on. For us, just little things. Technical things, trying to finish every play, getting on the right guy and staying on him, there's always little things, reading the coverage.

Our job is to go out there and make sure the defensive line doesn't touch him, make sure the linebacker don't hit him and let the chips fall. It starts up front and we have to do our job.

That's their way to control the tempo of the game, but when you do that you compromise your coverage, You have man-to-man coverage every play, and they can't do that all day. Teams will eventually jump out of it or we are going to be a passing team, because we can do both. We're two-dimensional.

I was nervous at first, but after the first couple of plays it was like playing a game in high school or college. You just go out and play and block the guy in front of you.

We can't wait to get him out there.

We love it. He's intense. But he is probably one of the most motivated people I've ever known. And because of his personal motivation, it motivates everyone around him to do well. He knows how to light that fire under you and gets you going, that's for sure.

There's more here than I can even name. We breed great athletes.

Teams are doing their homework. They're figuring out a way to get eight guys in the box, and doing it in a way we can't account for. That's their way to control the tempo of the game, but when you do that you compromise your coverage, You have man-to-man coverage every play, and they can't do that all day. Teams will eventually jump out of it or we are going to be a passing team, because we can do both. We're two-dimensional.

That's how you approach it no matter who is running the ball. It doesn't get any easier or harder if one person is running or the other. If we do our job, anybody can be successful.

This is a team that uses high picks on linemen. When they drafted us, they expected us to be successful. And right now that's apparent.

This has been an organization that prides itself on putting a good line on the field. They know if you have a solid offensive line, everything goes from that point on. You can dictate what you want to do.

They're not going to be able to keep eight in the box if Ben is in there, so it's something we're looking forward to.

It was a regular counter play and Willie ran through the linebackers and took off. When I saw him running, I knew I couldn't catch that man. I'd see him in the end zone.

That'll be for all the people who doubted us.

I wanted to let them know how much I appreciated them all - coaches, teachers - for everything they did for me. I felt very personal about that. You never want to forget where you came from.

I'm not going to say he's a marked man. But after the game, we'll be looking for him to see if he's going to direct the band again.

I knew it would be a touchdown. I knew it would make it tougher for them.

I love the city. All my family is up there. I've been going there for many years, so I'm looking forward to going back.

By the time I was ready to go (back in), Willie (Parker) was running down the sideline (45 yards). They didn't need me.

By any means necessary. We overcame every obstacle and adversity the devil put in front of us.

He told us we're not going just to be there. Nobody remembers who loses.