36 Quotes by Brandon Jacobs

You have to take care of the football first and foremost, but the effort was outstanding. I cannot tell you that I was disappointed with the kid's effort.

This one was for the Duke. This game was totally for Mr. Mara. Mr. Mara was the heart of this team. We just went out and had to give this one to him.

A lot of people on the outside of Paterson probably think these kids are bad, but that's why I wanted to come here and work with them because I've been through a lot of the same things and I can work with them.

It's going to be a lot of excitement. It's going to be a lot different than the preseason. I asked a lot of guys and they said that at every level it goes up. Everything changes.

That just made me believe even more that I belong in the NFL just as much as any other back, ... A lot of people didn't think I could do this. I imagine a lot of people will be changing their position.

I'm glad that we have the fans that we do have. They did what they had to do.

I'm not worried about Sunday. I'll be very calm before the game. And when coach yells for 27, 27 will be there.

I'm a running back, it's what I do, first carry or last carry. I made a mistake, and that's what it was. That will never happen again.

He's one of those go-get-it types of coaches, a great personality, always making jokes, a real funny coach. But at the same time he wants you to lay it all on the line to get six points. But he led me early on to believe that he didn't like rookies. As I came to understand, he was just being hard on us and wants to groom us for this league as fast as he can.