47 Quotes by Dwight Freeney

Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.

There is no reason we can't be elite. But let's not talk too soon. We have to have a consistent thing going on before we say we're right where we need to be.

You have to be able to win games a lot of different ways. You can't just depend on your offense to score 35 points.

We're picking it up, but it's only the third game. We have 13 more games in the regular season. We have to continue this. Let's not get too excited too early.

We're going to be ready to do some big things. I really believe we'll be a balanced team.

You double (team) me all day and you double Robert (Mathis) all day, the more doubles you deal out means somebody is going to get a single. We won the battle and we were outnumbered.

Consistency on their protection and pass set -- the best linemen don't waver from it, regardless of what I do.

Ever since I've been here, people have gone crazy over our offense and said that our defense sucks, ... Well, guess what? We're making strides. The crazy thing is, now that the defense is finally balling, everyone's uptight because the offense hasn't been clicking.

Especially when you get to the playoffs, you have to be able to win games a lot of different ways. You can't just depend on the offense to score 30 or 40 points. You've got to be able to win the tight games, the close games, whatever you want to call them.