44 Quotes by Ozzie Newsome

If you hit on four of those five, there is a big chance that that player is going to perform well in the National Football League.

If you would have told me that there was going to be only one job available by the time Marvin could interview, then I would have said there's a chance Marvin would be back here and be happy about it, ... To Marvin's credit, his family played a big part in his decision. They really didn't want to go.

I guess you could say it's like climbing a mountain. You just start climbing.

His ability to play all of the positions on the defensive line makes it tough for offenses to defend him. To get your protection set, you've got to know where he's at. It reminds me of Reggie White .

Hopefully people won't say Baltimore doesn't know good talent. We know good talent when we see it. We just know we couldn't keep all of our good players the way the game is structured these days.

The chemistry of your football team doesn't come together till, really, in the second half of the season because every year you've got new parts that you're bringing in. From a personnel standpoint, we say they're better players in November than they are in September.

The draft is going to have to provide us with a lot of young talent that's going to have to come in and contribute right away -- hopefully in a mighty way, ... When you've got as many holes as we have, I think any player that we select in any of the rounds will have a unique opportunity to come in and play.

All that would lead to is some under the table stuff. You've have deals and staffs put together without anyone ever making anything official until after the playoffs.

I don't have many heroes. Very plain and simply, Johnny Unitas was one of my heroes. When you think of Baltimore, you think of Johnny Unitas.