18 Quotes by Ryan Nece

You never want to relinquish (the job) once you have it. That's not your goal,

They've asked me to be accountable for both sides. That's given me an opportunity to play over there and play with the first team, and that's exciting for me. At the same time, I'm trying to push Brooks and learn as much as I can from him.

It's early in the season and nobody is going to remember who ranked first in defense after four weeks, but to be part of all this and know you're contributing makes you feel good about coming to work,

It's a blue-collar position, ... No one knows what goes on at that position. A lot of things are filtered through (the strongside linebacker). He's doing a lot of dirty work and that's the glamour part about it. You've just got to do those things and not do more than you can.

(Derrick ) Brooks said it best. We don't realize it now, but those penalties will come down and bite us in the butt down the road. We need to take those things now and realize that penalties will hurt us in the long run.

That's something he's been doing since mini-camp. When you jump on someone's throat like we did (Thursday night), you're going to win 80 percent of the time.

It's amazing how things work out, ... When your opportunity comes, you've got to make the most of it.

Oh, it was definitely a point of reference. It was definitely something that was talked about.

He's a Hall of Fame quarterback, ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.