Torry Holt Quotations

I have been saying all along that as long as our offensive line protects the quarterback and the defensive line plays well, this will be a good football team, ... I think we displayed that.

I don't expect anything less. If I have an opportunity to go up against him one-on-one, you best believe I'm going to try to burn him or take him deep and score a touchdown on him.

I can't make the calls. I have to go by what's called. Coach felt that was the approach he wanted to take in order to give ourselves a chance to win. ... That was his decision and how he felt at the time.

For us to get in the red zone and not capitalize, it's disheartening. That's our job. This week, we want to give our offense the opportunity to score points.

For us to come out and put up 42 points, that's the Rams of old. That's what we're used to doing. It's good to get back on track and put up 42 points again.

He said he was feeling better. He has a pretty good spirit about things, and that's the most important thing. That helps us. If he's high-spirited, then we can go out and be high-spirited.

When they signed him back, I called him and congratulated him. I told him that there was going to be riots over there if they hadn't gotten him back and we both laughed.

He was telling Marc, 'C'mon, throw it my way,' ... and I told him, 'We're going to throw the football -- you just have to make a play on it.'

I wouldn't panic too much, I would say to the people out there, ... We as players aren't panicking, the coaches aren't panicking, and that's the most important thing.

I think what people are probably seeing are some similarities. I can understand why the expectations are high, because we have a great deal of talent. We have some guys that can do a lot of good things for us offensively.

It goes to show the best team doesn't always win. Stats-wise, we showed we were a better team, but they beat us to the punch.

It goes to show that the best team doesn't always win. I think that we were the better team at times today, and the stats showed that we were the better team.

I remember when they signed Isaac back, I called and congratulated him. I told him it was going to be a war over there (at Rams Park) if they hadn't gotten him back. We both laughed. It's good to see him back on the field. I'm glad to have another opportunity to play ball with him this season.

Most important, it allows me upstairs, mentally, to be at ease a little bit.

We're already down one in our division. And now we have another division opponent. We have to go in there and fight. To go down two in the division is tough.

We had a lot of great memories with Kurt, those types of things will flash back leading up to the game,

We need to knock them in the mouth and get some three-and-outs,

We didn't execute as well as we should have in the red zone. It goes to show that the best team doesn't always win. I think that we were the better team and the stats showed we were the better team. But (the 49ers) made more plays to win the ballgame.

This time it'll probably be even more intense. I'm sure there will be some lip service out there.

When we played that first week out there (in San Francisco), they were moving around, and shifting and doing some things to cause problems.

When I watch him on film, I always get a little choked up,

The other guys like Shaun (McDonald), and Kevin (Curtis), and Dane (Looker) are going to have to step up and make some plays. And those guys did (against the Giants). I think they came out and did a hell of a job.

Thus far, it's been a lot of praise to each other. As the week shortens, I'm sure things will heat upOnce we get out there on the field, I'm sure we'll beef it up a little bit.

Things are still bubbly here. It's Week 2. That's (Week 1 game against the 49ers) a game we felt we should have won.

The schemes that they run are very disciplined... very sound, very confident...We know we have to be very focused and very disciplined in all facets of our game if we want to be able to move the football against this bunch.

I've never seen a running back play at the level he plays at. I remember my rookie season, there were times I was supposed to be blocking my guy on the outside and I was watching him.

The more and more I get used to it, the more and more comfortable I feel with it,

Coach (Mike Martz) kind of challenged us this week to come out against Detroit and play well and we did that on both sides of the ball,

They're familiar with our offensive line, and they're familiar with some of the schemes we like to do offensively. That gives them a little edge. They know where our offensive linemen were weak at, they know where they're strong at. So they're going to play that to their advantage when they line up against them on Sunday.

It was good, it was like old times. It was definitely a good sight for all of us to be out there participating.

It really has been an adjustment because ever since I came in, we've been going to the playoffs and Super Bowls. As a player, as a coach, as an organization, it's a challenge to come in every day and show a great deal of poise and professionalism.

That's the feeling we have to recapture. We have to get out of the gate early this season, and if we do that and have fun together, everything will be OK. I'm not really concerned about the message we send out to the league. It's the message we send to each other. Because it's not about what anybody else does; it's about the Rams.

It's been different. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mike and what he can do. His creativity is something we'll miss. But I think coach Fairchild has a good handle on things.

I'm going to need some heart pills soon. At some point in time we have to say enough is enough and let's finish a ballclub out early, and let's get out of here with a clean victory.

I'm glad that I went to North Carolina State because we didn't win a lot of ballgames, we didn't win any national championships. We lost three or four straight, but you still had to come out and work and play and believe in your teammates. The same approach I took in college is the same approach that I have taken now.

But I think this is a football team that's together, we understand what we didn't do to win that ballgame, and we have another opportunity against another divisional opponent on the road to redeem ourselves, ... It'll be up to us as players to go out there and do that.

He always thinks good things, so I'm sure he's thinking positive and hopefully he'll be ready to go, too, on Sunday. He looked real good, he looked crisp. It's a good sign.

He brings the power. He's a hard, tough back. He's like Eddie George with more speed and burst. He brings another air of toughness to our side of the ball.

He put his cape on and went into another mode. It was a Marshall of the past.

The guys understand how critical this is; how critical this game is.