To me the footballs are approved by the league and game officials pregame and we play with what's out there. That's the only way that I have ever thought about that.

That has never been a priority for me and I want the players to deal with a harder situation in practice than they'll ever have to deal with in the game. Maybe that's part of our ball security philosophy.

We never use the condition of the footballs as an excuse. We play with whatever or kick with whatever we have to use and that's the way it is.

To live in the past is to die in the present.

I think that we'll continue to try to look at ourselves in the mirror and see where we can do a better job, maybe where we can improve the process. But I think the fundamentals of the process will remain the same.

For a team to accomplish their goal, everybody’s got to give up a little bit of their individuality.

Each decision will be done on a case-by-case basis and we'll make the decision we feel is best for the New England Patriots football team.