Tommy Maddox Quotations

We know where we want to go, and we know what we have to do to get there. I think sometimes you have to be reminded of that. You can take those situations and use them for a positive note, if you handle them the right way.

I'm always a fast healer, ... I came back from being paralyzed in two weeks.

I felt great (yesterday), really good -- just as good as (Thursday),

(His offense) is a lot like what we still do here. As he likes to call it, it's an exotic smash-mouth offense. You're going to run the ball and you're going to be physical. But that's not all you're going to do.

Jerome always has a spark. He's been running like that for 10 years now. Jerome is Jerome....But I think we all responded pretty well. I think there were a lot of guys who probably needed a little wake-up call. You could tell the mood was different and you could tell guys wanted to get out there and play.

I saw Quincy coming over and I thought that if I could get it to him we could get the first down and move it out. I think that was the only one I forced into coverage.

I think he's more comfortable with what he's doing, ... He's playing better and better and faster and faster.

I would just like to get somewhere where I can compete, whatever position that is.

You don't want your teammate to be hurt, first and foremost. It's a balance, because you want to play, you want to be the guy in there but you want all the guys to be healthy, and you want what's best for the team. We'll see how that goes as the week goes on and see what happens.

Everybody gets excited seeing him throw,'' said Ward, the Steelers' Pro Bowl receiver.

As the game went on, I felt better and better,

As the week goes on, I think it'll get stronger and stronger, but I didn't hold back anything (in Wednesday's practice). I tried to push it and do everything I normally would do and I felt good.

I've been here for five years and had a lot of support in those five years,

It was time to quit working on things and just go play. If we could stop hurting ourselves, we're going to be pretty tough.

Anybody that's been around here and knows me at all knows that's not me, ... I've been in situations like that before, people asked me what happened on the play and I told them what happened on the play. I'm not blaming anybody. We had our chances to win the game. I didn't play very well and we still had our chances to win the game.

You're always excited about the opportunity to play, and this is no different, ... I'm excited about going out and seeing what happens.

The way this business goes, when you get knocked down or don't play very well, you're excited to go back out on the field. Normally, you get to get back out the next week, but it's harder when you have to wait a little bit.

It's time to get on with your life's work.

It's really weird, ... Sometimes you don't need anybody. Sometimes you need to use everybody.

I just want it to go away, that's all. Just want it to go away,

If you threw it up into the air, it did one thing, ... or if you threw it down on the ground, it would do another thing.

I guess it would make for a good story, but, for me, it's another game against another tough opponent.

But I felt pretty good. I felt like I was seeing the field really well. It's just hard when you let go of the ball and sometimes it doesn't go where you want it to.

The good thing is I don't think there's anything this league can dish out that I haven't seen before. I'll be well prepared. I prepare every game like I'm going to start. If they need me to go in there, I'll be ready to go in there and help the team win.