30 Quotes by DeMeco Ryans

I see (Leak) getting sacked a lot. Their offensive line is giving up a lot of sacks. We have to come after him and put pressure on him and see how he deals with it.

It doesn't matter about any of that stuff. All that matters is the guys that are playing getting out there and giving it all and playing our hardest. We know it's going to be a fist-fight, four-quarter game. We're prepared for that because we know it's what they're going to give us.

I wasn't thinking they were going to score. I knew one of our safeties was going to come in and hit him. I didn't think they were going to score.

I would like to be mentioned with all the top guys, all the elite guys. Everyone wants to be one of the best, and one of the elite, so of course I want to be up in there with those guys.

We knew we had to stand up. A few years ago, I don't think we could've performed the way we did out there today. Nobody was looking back at the plays they messed up on. Everybody was looking ahead, looking to make that next play that would change the momentum of the game.

We knew we had to bow our legs on the goal line and make a stand. We couldn't let them in the end zone. We knew he was going to get the ball.

We've come a long way. We've been through the ups and downs. As seniors, we stepped up and said we wanted to put Alabama back on top when we leave here this year.

You have to be prepared. We knew with their offense they were going to make some third-and-longs. But we had the right mindset going in and we didn't get down and continued to play.

When you get back to your (hotel) room and sit there and start thinking about it, you're like 'Mike Singletary is coaching me. Wow!' It's a great honor.