217 Quotes by Shaun Alexander

We were all talking and cracking jokes, then all of a sudden there's a big bang. We all got tossed around inside a little bit. It was a little of a wakeup call for all of us.

We're just a team. Every week, somebody goes down and somebody steps up. We're willing to pick up our fallen brother. That's just how it is.

I am proud of Mo and this whole team. I have been telling everybody for the last couple years that we were close to being a championship team, and I was proud of the guys this year for always accepting challenges. This was just another challenge. You lose a player, and guys just step up.

We're just a team, and that's the greatest compliment that you can give.

He's in good spirits and he's going to be all right.

We don't care if we're overlooked or not overlooked, if we're picked to win or not picked to win. When you get to the playoffs, it's just about playing the game, looking at it for what it is, and trying to be ahead when the clock runs out.

I couldn't believe they did it. I just think momentum is a strong thing. Whenever you got a chance to keep momentum going, you should never change it, because it gave momentum to us.

I don't believe in figuring who's the underdog. I just know that the team that gets the best record gets home-field advantage through the playoffs and then if you win that, you go to Detroit. ... We look at it as we simply play the Steelers and the winner is the best team in the world.

I don't live my life trying to prove anything. I set high goals for myself. I set high goals for my team, and as a group, we just try to achieve them. Contracts are contracts. They're just part of the business that's after football, but it has nothing to do with what we do on the field.