Todd France Quotations

It's like anything else. Until you prove yourself, guys are going to be a little bit leery about what's going to happen out there.

I was trying to tackle Dante Hall, and that wasn't going to happen.

We are fine moving forward to finalize a deal with or without that deal. We have never felt that deal had to get done first.

I can't even think that far ahead, because I can't control what happens, and there are a lot of things that can happen. If it works out that way, that would be terrific. If it doesn't, I'm grateful for the opportunity I've gotten here.

It's a pretty simple job we have. Just get the ball down there on kickoffs and between the uprights on field goals.

That's the mentality we have ... and the approach that we're going to take.

Let's just look forward and not backwards and see how we can get it done now, versus why we haven't been able to see eye to eye thus far.

He is ready to go practice as soon as things get wrapped up.

As far as Ronnie hurting himself, we are aware of how it could affect him. It has affected guys differently over the years and you cannot predict the future. ... Bottom line, we have always wanted to get this deal done ASAP and Ronnie has been working out very hard everyday.

It was a consistent, ongoing negotiation regarding all aspects of the contract, and both parties kept the dialogue going.