Troy Vincent Quotations

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself.

There is no future. This is the season. Get to the Super Bowl.

Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.

I encourage everyone out there to get involved.

We did it together. Not one individual carried this team.

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.

Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens.

Together we knew that we could have success.

Win it, or it's start all over around here.

These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

We want them to know what it's like to be a leader, what it's like to be a team player because those things carry on in everyday life.

We want the best for T.O., we want the best for the franchise and ultimately what's best for the sport. Can't we just get along?

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On the second one I was a backside half-field player, but (Cory) Bradford never came off the ball so I'm keying him and he immediately took himself out of the route by not running, ... I was able to look back, just helping out and staying active in the play, and I just ran and came down with the ball.

If we get to that uncapped year, ... guess where those franchise values are going to go? The arrow will be pointing straight down. You need a salary cap to keep the franchise values up.

If we're all honest with ourselves, we should expect change. When you're 5-11 with greater expectations, with enough talent on your team to win, you have to.

I don't have a selfish bone in my body. I understand that moving on is part of the nature of this business. My assignment was up in Philadelphia. I did exactly what I was supposed to do there. It's not bittersweet at all. I feel exactly the same way I have for my 13 years in the NFL. You don't like watching two other teams going to the Super Bowl. But I'm overjoyed for them.

But that happens constantly, and then you get into a game and there are a thousand things going on and you have to make split-second decisions.

He's a smart guy, very savvy. He's been doing it for so many years at a high level, so it's second nature to him. You are not going to blitz him out of anything. He's seen every coverage that's ever been devised.

It is a concern, and it's not just the NFL that's getting bigger, America is getting bigger. We have an opportunity in our sport to protect those men because it's not just affecting you while you play, the true effects happen when you're retired. The guy who isn't out there participating in physical activity, burning calories, he's just going to be bigger, and we've seen it.

Jerry (Gray, defensive coordinator) threw everything that was in our game plan. This was the first week since I've been here that he tried everything. He was trying everything just to find something to click.

That disparity is going to get larger. You look at all the skyboxes and the luxury seating and the amenities at newer stadiums in big markets, and you can see where the disparity comes from.

We don't count Herman Edwards because that was a trade. None went to minorities and that's an issue. We felt like there were many minorities that were worthy candidates - Art Shell, Tim Lewis, Jimmy Raye. There were viable candidates who, for some reason or another, did not get the nod. We'll continue to keep pressing that envelope.

We have not been a good tackling team up front.

We are ready to go into the uncapped year,

We can't think about someone getting better. But you go along with it. J.P., we believe in him and we respect his ability and we have to rally behind him.

We didn't play good, sound fundamental football. Jerry (Gray, the defensive coordinator) threw everything that was in our game plan, and obviously we didn't make plays. We have to be held accountable as players and make some plays.

When one of the NFL's superstars goes down, it can devastate your football team.

There has to be something in place. But what we may think is enough or not enough, likewise the men and women running those organizations may say it's enough or not enough. ... Where's that happy balance?

You can't compete when one team has an open wallet and another team has both hands covering it up. It really can create disparity, not just at a club level, but at a player level as well.

We wanted to emphasize character, being able to be coached, and listening to others.

We missed a ton of tackles. I don't think we're pressing. But we didn't give the offense enough opportunities.

We felt there were many minorities that were worthy candidates. None went to minorities and that's an issue.

Even though most of them will never be professional athletes, they can always control who they are the rest of their lives.

There's no reason why I shouldn't. In 2005, I want to be the best safety in the game.

There's nothing like winning. At least you can go home for at least that week and feel half-decent about yourself.

The National Football League is a humbling league. You can't rest on your merits from a week ago. We're not good enough to go out and play average football. We have to play extremely well in all three phases of the game. We're not good enough, defensively or offensively, to just show up.

That's not a pretty sight, because you never know the extent of the injuries. The trainers don't tell you anything. The referees are telling you to get back. You've got your teammate down there, your best friend, and he's not moving. So those are unfortunate situations. ... That very easily could be myself on the other side of the field.

That's his right and that's our fiduciary responsibility to protect him - any member of our association.

You're talking about a guy who just doesn't do it from week to week. He gets the job done every day of the week. I hear people talk about this person or that person being the best safety in the league after they've had one or two good years, but Dawkins has been more consistent at that position than anybody.

You're talking about a football fight versus a fight for the seat on the bus. There's no comparison. People were dying in the era where you were fighting for rights, fighting for a voice. But I do think his enthusiasm, the fire in his heart, was homegrown.

This could only happen in Green Bay. Only the Packers could sell out a scrimmage game.

It's about teaching life skills and easing the transition after graduation. Not all athletes are going pro-in fact, very few are, ... But even being a professional athlete doesn't define you as a person ... It doesn't define who you are as a male or female, athlete or non-athlete at the collegiate level or in the real world.

It's always nice to see the young guy come along. He was poised. ... He did a great job this week.

It's devastating. But we can't lose the swagger. ... We're just going to have to pick up the pieces and keep rolling. No player wants that to happen to them, but that's part of the game.

I try to not have it be the focal point in my mind, but I realize that it's a violent sport and serious injuries do occur.

I love the stadium we have here, ... I love the atmosphere. But you look at all the skyboxes and the luxury seating and the amenities at the newer stadiums in big markets and you can see where the disparity comes from.

Hopefully what we were able to teach them will stick with them throughout their playing careers and throughout their lives.

The champions are in our division, and until you knock the champion out and put them on the floor, they're still the champion. Three of the last four Super Bowl winners have come from this particular division. No question this is the toughest division in football.

The disparity is going to get larger, and you're going to have the haves and have-nots,

Professional sports are something they can't control.

As you get older, youre always maturing, youre always learning something new about yourself.

Life favors those who are prepared

Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocked unconscious while we dialed 911.