If you work hard and you play well, all those critics quiet themselves pretty quickly.

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters.

The game was much like our season. This game tested our toughness, our resilience, our unselfishness. It's only fitting that it turned out this way. This is a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood. ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good.

Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?

Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation.