Mike Peterson Quotations

We're going to tell you we're going to hit you in the mouth, then we're going to hit you in the mouth. They're more of a sit-back-and-lull-you-to-sleep team.

We want to see that fear in the running back's eyes and dominate the game,

We are thankful that this is behind us and we can move ahead.

Last year, we were right where we wanted to be. This year, we feel even better.

My gloves were wet, man, ... At least I don't have to pay the fine now.

From our experience you have to include interests of people who are not in this room. I don't see any tribal people here.

He had a problema genuine problem. Thank God we caught it before he hit rock bottom.

There is no better feeling than silencing the crowd, ... When we were walking off the field, fans were looking at us like, 'We know it's not over. It can't be over.'

I think it's really hard to put a firm picture on any homeless community because they're invisible. But it's clear we are seeing more females than males now.

Playing two quarters, three quarters, wasn't going to be enough. We needed four quarters and that probably wouldn't be enough. It was a great learning experience for a lot of young guys.

That doesn't come with just talking about it. That comes with doing it on Sundays.

It feels real good. I guess when you start winning, good things come to you. I'm not accepting this as an individual goal. I'm accepting this as a defensive goal. Our defense is getting recognition.

Most companies today would kill to get a Target executive at any level. For the most part, any time a job opens anywhere, the first thing headhunters ask is, 'Who's available at Target?

You'll probably see a fight on the sideline or something.

The problem is that they go out and run up their credit card bills again, ... So now they are burdened by a first mortgage, a second mortgage and on top of that more credit card debt.

We beat ourselves up and down -- on offense, defense and special teams. We didn't spoil their streak, but we can get another shot at them. They can be beat. This team isn't too much for us. Can we beat them? Hell, yeah.

The problem is that they go out and run up their credit card bills again, ... So now they are burdened by a first mortgage, a second mortgage and on top of that more credit card debt.

We wanted to play with pride, and I think we did. There's a difference between playing hard and playing well. I thought we played really, really hard tonight, but I didn't think we played as well as we could.

We had a great mix of young and old today,

Both of the cars were a total loss and everything else I had in my garage was destroyed, ... I also lost a lot of personal items in the house. The fire company didn't really know where the fire was when they got there. They came in as if the house was on fire. Take it from there.

After leaving the lake we hooked up on a few schoolers in the river on crankbaits.

That was a 16-round heavyweight fight. I'm going to remember this until we play again. I'm going to find it on the schedule and circle it, put a star by it.

You've got to turn your game up more, especially against the defending champs.

It's always a concern about where homeless people are going to stay.

It's probably not reasonable to think that everybody will go in a shelter. Some will just move to other sites.

That's a big key to this game. We've got to get after Brady and try to rattle him a little bit.

Everybody's like: 'Indianapolis, they're Super Bowl-bound, they're the best team out there.' That really gets us geeked up. You say that around this defense and that just ticks us off and gives us a little more motivation during the week.

They better (sign him), otherwise that offense would be totally different, I'm telling you. They've got to keep Edge; I don't care what they say.

I'm not happy, it's the continuing stream of impinging on rights.

He said it wouldn't have ended up like it did if he was out there. I just turned to him and said, 'I don't know about that.' We came here ready to play our style of football.

The hotter the better. Two-and-10 doesn't sound right. I like two-and-11. That sounds better.

The ethanol business is at an all-time peak. We have guys telling us they are booked solid with work for at least another 18 months.

You want to get that backup a little flustered. I'd say he probably got rattled.

You want to get that backup a little flustered, ... I'd say he probably got rattled.

All week long we heard Pittsburgh plays physical. They run smash-mouth football. We think we're pretty physical ourselves. We're pretty smash-mouth.