Sean Taylor Quotations

Like any rivalry, there will be some great games. Fans will enjoy how hard these two teams will play.

My dad's been hard on me, my coaches have been hard on me, he's just like that extra father figure. When he relates to us like he expects more, we don't look at it in a negative way and say: 'You know what? I can't do it.' At least he has the confidence in us to say, 'You can do it.' We don't look at it as negative. Sometimes you might get a little down, but you never can look at the bad side.

Catfish - I call him Catfish - is always around the ball. Yeah, that was great.

(Friday night) Galesburg made shots, so we weren't able to get it off the rim and transition it. When we can get it off the rim and in transition, we're a much better basketball team.

For us to win we needed to (capitalize). We needed to have maximum possessions.

He just went out and made some plays.

He just has the guts. We've talked all along that he's such a good 15-foot shooter that he just has confidence that the ball is going in. It was a big one.

I think whenever you lose three in a row, you always worry. We need to play with some confidence. If we get a couple shots to fall, it's amazing what happens to kids' confidence when the ball starts going in. I think we have good shooters and the ball will start going back in for us.

I think they understand that when I come here to play ball, I'm here 100%, ... I'm going to work as hard as everybody else works. We're going to work on what's in the future, not the past.

Just gutsy, I thought. To play on guts, I mean he was hurting and he probably will be hurting (today). I'm awfully proud that he was a Blue Devil tonight.

Pierson's been a guy who has stepped into so many roles for us. Whether it's been nickel, dime or safety, he's given us a lot of versatility on the field. Pierson does a lot of the things on the field and comes prepared to the games every weekend.

Man, that's why we've got judges, we've got trials, we've got people that make decisions for what goes on in court. I'm not worried about anything.

That was the key play of the game. That sort of put it away.

I was really happy when I heard about (the meeting). That shows they're taking ownership of the team. When it's my team, we're not as good. When it's their team, they want to make things work and we're a lot better.

Why was I not here? It was offseason, ... I could have returned his phone calls, but it was offseason.

Why was I not here? It was offseason,

We had good foul shooters going to line. Our best three foul shooters are going to the line the most.

Fink is such a good player. He pushes off and makes big threes. He put it on the floor and made big shots. When good players get on a roll, it's hard to stop them.

We've had some droughts throughout the year like that and those just kill us. We have to find a way to put the ball in the basket.

Other guys are playing a little bit better than him. I think you earn your playing time in practice, and Matt Bush (who made his first start on Friday) has had a really good two weeks of practice and had a good game tonight.

After the East Moline game, I really believe these guys know they can find a way to win. They never believe they're out of it.

That's why we've got judges, we've got trials, we've got people who make decisions (about) what goes on in court, ... I'm not worried about anything. That's something for them to handle.

You're never going to win them all, but our guys have the belief they're going to execute and win some games down the stretch. Hopefully that carries over to the rest of the season.

This is where I'm most comfortable, ... This is my life, where I work. I'm definitely glad to be back.

They're really good. They're physical. They pressure you. They shoot it extremely well. And they don't beat themselves. There's a reason they're undefeated.

It's not the Sean Taylor show, it's the Redskins' show. It was the Redskins' defense, the Redskins' offense and the Redskins' special teams. There are a lot of guys out there playing their best football right now, that's all I can tell you.

It's not difficult to separate it, ... When I'm here, I'm not worried about anything other than what's going on on the field.

It's swollen pretty good. Hopefully, he'll be able to give us some minutes (tonight).

That's one thing we took from the Rocky game. Maybe we didn't expect to win, but we deserved to win that game. I think that's the biggest learn that we learned, and it's showing now.

I hope we run it 50 times. I hope they run it 50 times. And I'm going to place my bet on 26. That's the way we're going to like it.

I'm not sure relief is the right word, but satisfaction probably is. They worked hard and accomplished their goal.

If everybody had a time machine and they can hop in that machine and go back a couple of hours, a couple of seconds, they would do it. But we're living right now.

I don't think anybody should have regrets, especially me, ... You don't regret what you do in your life. If you do it, you do it for a reason. I'm here, and I'm happy to be here, and I'm happy to be working.

This is a good sign. This is Steelers weather. It might've been a bad sign if it had stayed raining. That would've meant it was going to be Seattle's weekend.

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.

There are four directions: North, South, East, and West. We are going in the fifth direction, which is the direction of stories.

I don't think anybody in the NFL is tied to each other.

I've been blessed. God's looked out for me, so, I'm happy.

I just take this job very seriously. It's almost like you play a kid's game for a king's ransom. And if you don't take it serious enough, eventually, one day, you're going to say, 'Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that.'

I'm a safety - I play free, strong, whatever you ask me to play.