138 Quotes by Champ Bailey
"I'm always fighting to make the team anyway. I'm always preparing like I'm one of the bottom guys, trying to make the team."
"I'm vulnerable to it happening again, ... But anybody that knows me knows I'm going to do whatever I can to get out there."
"I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to becoming good pros. You want the league to be in good hands, and you want these guys to become great NFL players and then pass it along to the next generation. You can only lead by example, and that's pretty much what I'm trying to do."
"I know him very well. I played with him two years in college. We'll talk and mess around. I respect his game, but he knows when that whistle blows, it doesn't matter. We are going at each other's throats."
"I'm not Deion Sanders. We're different people with different styles. People see similarities between me and him; that's fine. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with him. But that's as far as I go with it."
"I really love the way he plays. We knew coming in that (No.) 47 was going to be ready to play. And when he lines up, I feel more confident in what we can do."
"I don't worry about getting tired. I try not to let it guide me as far as how much I'm going to play. I play with my heart."
"I pushed myself as much as I could, but there were situations where I could pushed a little bit more. I'm just trying to be careful."
"I prepare myself to play every week, regardless of the pain or whatever, ... I don't prepare for the week after. What's in front of me is what I've got."