Larry Foote Quotations

We feed off of him. He's our leader.

We did it. I knew we could do it all along. I just knew it.

Man, he could he play some ball. I never got to play against him in football, but I watched him play my high school in basketball. He dominated. He led his team to the state championship. You knew back then he had all the talent to be a great one.

Oh, yeah, he's been doing it all year. I prefer we win by 100 points, but I'm quite sure this game is not going to be that way.

Since I've been here, Joey's always been (trash) talking and he's always been backing up what he says. He talks. He backs it up. That's why we don't mind if he keeps on talking because we know he backs it up on Sundays.

No. No, no, no. Trash-talking is a big part of the game. You need it. At this level, I don't think it gets into people's heads, but it gets you going.

One thing with that running back, the way he runs, we definitely have to be disciplined.

I don't know what I'm going to say to the students. But I'm sure I'll tell them to always stay positive and make the right decisions.

I don't care if he is the fifth all-time leading rusher of the NFL ... No, seriously, 'Bus' deserves all the attention he's getting. He's one of my heroes, and for him to come home and play what may be his final game, that's really special.

He's been like that ever since he got here. It's something every good corner needs. You got to have that special way about you, and Ike definitely has that.

Joey looked good. He's definitely going to play.

Jerome Bettis demanded we bring him home. And we did.

On the sports shows this week, people weren't even breaking down our game. They were just going right to the other games, saying Indianapolis was going to beat Pittsburgh. But that doesn't matter. When the whistle blows, all that stuff is out the window.

I wish Anita Baker was there, she's my favorite. I grew up listening to her.

I was the ultimate bachelor. I was a young guy, so I did what I wanted to do. Now my day revolves around him.

It definitely helped my career, made me more focused. I have so much joy and peace inside.

Wild. Really wild, to tell you the truth.

We were mad because they cracked a couple runs and got right down in there,

We caused that. We went out there aggressive and attacked. We didn't let them get off to a good start.

We just didn't want them to score today.

We were frustrated at each other. We started cussing at each other. And when we lined up we took our anger out on them.

Trash-talking was just part of our environment growing up. It's a new day in sports now and a lot of people like to do a lot of trash-talking.

We're loving it. This is what it's all about. We're out here trying to win a championship.

The people are similar, and they're both hard-nosed cities. People are not afraid to tell you what time it is, voicing their opinion. If you're driving and you cut somebody off on the highway, just like in Pittsburgh, they'll let you know.

We still have a problem with vegetables. All he loves is pizza and chicken wings. His diet's got to be a lot better than that. We sit at the table until he eats his vegetables. I'll say, 'Well, I'll wait you out.' Literally, he'll sit there all night.

When you have a team that's good against the run and we know the run's coming, that's in our favor,

We wanted this game. When we lost to them here, the feeling wasn't good. We got our wish.

We weren't worried, but we were definitely concerned. The whole game, win and we're in, lose and we go home, so we were definitely concerned.

I've never seen anything like it. I'm not going to say it was a miracle because that's crippled people getting up and walking, the blind seeing. But that's the closest thing to it I've ever seen.

I've always been smart but you know how it is just doing enough to be in the middle of the pack. But you know what? When it's time to work, it's time to work.

After a few days of this stuff, you just want the game to start. You reach the point where everything that can be said has been said.

Anytime Joey Porter comes back on any defense, it's going to be a positive. He's one of our leaders on defense. He comes to play every day. Some days you might be dragging, and you see No. 55 out there, and it picks you up. He plays with a high motor. He's just one of those guys who loves to play the game.

Back in his day, he really loved Jack Tatum. My father talked to me about him a long time ago when I was playing safety. But I wasn't a big Raiders fan.

You're a champion baby. You made this happen. Without you, we wouldn't be here.

They showed us today why they're the champs.

They might not think that this guy is very intelligent.

It's true. They do have a lot of new guys. But they still have Steve McNair. With Steve McNair, they're always going to have a chance. I mean, he's the kind of quarterback who can dominate a game.

It's rough, I got some people upset at me.

That's OK. Jerome's a legend. He deserves any attention he gets. I'm just happy to be along for the ride.

I want to get better, that's first and foremost. Mr. Rooney and the organization paid me so I gotta perform now. Last year there wasn't as much pressure on me because they didn't know what to expect. Now I want to make sure that they know they made the right choice.

That might be the biggest play ever in his career. My heart was going to my feet and back up.

I'm going to get after him; he knows that. I'm from the East Side, and we have the reputation of being tougher than the West Side.

I'm looking forward to playing in a game like this, and being that it's in my hometown, that makes it even better. We just have to go there and win it now. You don't want to go all this way and lose because I heard it feels worse to lose in this game than it does if you didn't make it at all.

I'm from Detroit, but I haven't had the great career that he has. He deserves all of the applause and honors that he's been getting. He's always been a hero of mine. He's earned this. What did he call it other day? A dream? I know it is, and that's why everybody's happy for him.

I haven't seen him drop one. Not one.

I have to get mad. It has to be personal to me. It has me playing the best. Even my mother says it: 'If you're not out there jawing, you're not playing tough.' It motivates me getting into it with people.

Before he met me, he didn't have any tattoos.

He's our enforcer. That's just the way it is.

He said all the meals will be on him when we get there. After the game he was so happy he kept saying 'yes, yes' to everything.

I asked Willie about the nightlife, and he said wait until after the game to worry about stuff like that. He said he had a lot of fun there before, but ... his party went crashing down on Super Bowl Sunday. He doesn't want us to go through the same thing, and we're not going to. There's a lot to learn from him.

The guys always remind me of that. I wasn't ready. I think it was more physical but that was a long time ago. I learned a lot. That was the first time ever in my career in any sport that a lot of finger pointing came my way. Coach Cowher took me out of the game and that was something new for me but that woke me up. That day probably made me become a professional.

The difference between me and a lot of my friends who never left the 'hood' were my parents. Both were hard on me. They were strict. They made sure I did things right.

Am I surprised? Yeah, because it was my first game against the Patriots and I played a lot. They send me a lot (in a blitzing role) and I'll just do the best I can. It's too bad that Kendrell's down ... but I think I'm ready mentally.