Tom Zbikowski Quotations

We're going to regroup come the off-season, bust our butts, keep training, train hard with one thing in mind, that's the national championship--ending up back here.

The only resolution I have is winning this game. I don't really have anything else.

We are a little uneasy but the secondary will make plays. After we get settled in you will see that we make plays.

I would have done this for free, just to fight in Madison Square Garden.

I don't care who my coach is as long as we're 2-0.

I always stand up on the bench. I'm waiting to see Brady do something. It's fun to watch them.

He ripped us apart. He told us what he was feeling. He didn't care if we listened or took it to heart. He was going to tell us what he had to say. Almost everyone on the team took it to heart. It was motivating, coming from somebody who had had his success.

He's got the run threat, the option threat. They're pretty multi-dimensional.

He just wanted to get all the details cleared up, and then he gave me permission.

I think to the outside people, it's not what they expected, but it is what we expected.

I saw the hit and I saw the ball go flying. I got a little excited but it was premature and I knew another play was coming.

It doesn't matter who we're facing next week. We're going to have to get better. I don't think this is going to diminish our confidence. We're going to come back and show our true character.

We have to stay on our receivers even if it looks like he's running. He could still throw it. We have to contain and not be over aggressive.

We've been working on getting as many guys around the ball as we can and just trying to cause turnovers, trying to get that second or third guy going for the ball.

Coming into the Big House and getting a win shows we can play anywhere with anybody.

This is a BCS game. That other stuff has nothing to do with us. (This year), there is a lot of maturity with the guys. Coach, with his experience in the NFL, gives us that extra edge.

There was no way I was fair-catching it. I'd catch too much grief from my teammates.

It wasn't that Cal did anything spectacular. They just played their game.

I tried to watch everyone from Mike Tyson to Marvin Hagler to de la Hoya to (Felix) Trinidad.

That's our team. We're way too competitive. We're not just going to, as coach says, 'Slap it out there.' We're going to go out there, and plays are going to be made, people are going to be hit.

That's only one-third of the game. I'm pretty sure their offense and our defense are pretty important, too.

Eighty percent of the plays against us last year went for 2 yards or less. It was the big plays that killed us. If we can cut down on the big plays, we're going to be a lot more dominant defense.

It was a coverage we were working on all week. When they got into three-receiver sets, I was sitting outside that third receiver, so any time we've got an out route, I can jump it.

I wanted to wear them. But the jersey isn't going to intercept them. It's the man inside, not what we're wearing.

I wanted to turn that film off after the first series.

They went with their judgment and you can't blame them.

I never liked baseball. Too much sitting around for me.

I'm taking this as a one-fight deal right now.

I don't really see that happening to us.