26 Quotes by Matt Birk

Steve Hutchinson, in my opinion, is worth that money.

(Wilf) decided he wanted to sit down with me at some point later on and talk about some stuff. All he said is he was concerned about my physical health and he wanted to sit down and talk with me about it. He looked me in the eye and told me that and I believed him, which made me think also that I'm in the long-term plans here, the long-term thoughts, which is great, because I want to be.

We're kind of on a roll. People are surprised we're 5-0. But we're not.

We put the fun in dysfunctional, don't we?

Besides steaks and fish, we're going to have meat loaf and big old burgers.

Don't put this in the paper ... no, wait, go ahead and put it in. Gene Upshaw is a piece of (expletive). Too many guys in the league just accept whatever Gene says. I don't know why no one has called this guy out.

Things like this just wear you out. It's frustrating because every two months we seem to have a scandal around here, and then the people involved decide they won't talk to the media. That leaves the rest of us, who aren't involved, to have to answer for them publicly, and it's not a whole lot of fun. But, hey, some guys are just selfish. They don't think about anybody else.

The Steelers won three playoff games in a row on the road; they are a mentally tough team. And they are one of the most physical teams I saw all year. When it comes to physicality and mental toughness, they are a hard team to beat. Plus, it seems like they have one of those destiny things going for them.

The more balance you can get, the more success you can have. And the more dangerous you can become.