34 Quotes by Derek Smith

I'm sure he'll have something up his sleeve (Sunday). We're going to try and keep him out of there so he doesn't get a chance to showcase his little dance that he's been working on all week. I'm sure he's got something for (Monday night's game), too. He probably gets in front of the mirror every day, (saying) 'This is what I'm going to do this week,' practicing.

He's in a lot of pain. He said he's feeling kind of nauseous. He's going to go out there and give you what he's got, hurt or not hurt. He's going to play with pain and that's just a testament to what kind of guy he is.

I'd love to get a shot on him. I'm sure every defensive player would love to get a shot on him, because he's a premier player. You get a shot on a premier player, it looks good.

I don't like the fact that someone is in there playing dominoes with their friends while we're out there practicing. I didn't like the fact that they're in there sleeping on the rehab table while we're out there practicing, and then they just come out Friday because they think they're that good and they can come out and play.

You could take some good things from today, but the bottom line is we didn't win the game and that's the important thing. We didn't do that.

You can't get discouraged. All you can do is play hard and take care of your stuff ... and when you get opportunities as a backup, you have to take advantage.

The issue was whether we were going to spend several years and multimillion dollars in court litigating the settlement, or spend that time with our customers moving forward. We certainly don't agree with all the settlement's conclusions.