328 Quotes by Hines Ward

I'm not the prototype wide receiver. But I like to think I'm one hell of a football player.

Guys ask me, 'Why are you always smiling?' Are you kidding? I'm in the NFL, that's why!

They're a family-owned business, and they don't like to mess with the traditions of the team. When you have a good nucleus and stability at the owner's position, it just trickles down to the rest of the organization.

We're in a rhythm now. I'm playing full-time now - we're not coming off the field after one quarter or one half. ... Ben's getting on the same page as everybody, and now everybody's playing full-time.

We have a lot of confidence. Maybe the world doesn't believe that we can go out and win, but to beat the No. 1 and No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, you've got to have confidence. We felt like with the guys and coaching staff that we have in this locker room, we could get the job done. We've just got to go out and execute our game plan and make plays, and everything will take care of itself.

I grew up kind of fast. I had a lot of responsibilities-cleaning the house, going to school on my own, making good grades on my own

We started off fast. And for the most part, we made plays when we needed to make them, but we didn't convert third downs and were in too many third-and-long situations.

There's excitement that builds up when you have an opportunity to bring another championship back to the city of Pittsburgh. Everybody joins in. I'm a big Crosby fan. I have his jersey. You just hop on. You want to be part of the excitement. We'll be right there with our jerseys on supporting those guys as well. That's just how the city of Pittsburgh is. We're all one big family.

We could have played better, and we know that. But in this business, the only thing that matters is wins and losses, and we found a way to pull one out.