8 Quotes by Steve Fairchild

Maybe there can be some ways to get him into space a little better, not pound him in between the tackles as much.

Nobody has a leg up on anybody as far as knowing what we're doing. It's going to be fun to watch them all develop.

He didn't have to. How nice is that? And we had a nice talk. He said some things which he felt he needed to say, and I did as well. It was nice.

You have a good grip on how you game-plan things and what you want to do. But until you jump in the fire and have to do it, with a real limited amount of time, and make adjustments, and change your thought process based on what's happened that Sunday ... It's an interesting process.

You see them three days later in the supermarket, and they're just fine. Then they make eye contact and then suddenly, the limp is back.

I'm not putting words in his mouth, but if I hired - say - my son, I would be tougher on him than the normal guy. As I analyzed the situation, that's how I viewed it. He gave me an opportunity that was unreal. For my career, to have a chance to come here and work with him - there's a lot of guys that would want to do that.

I had some options. Which was nice. But this one (Buffalo) was the best.

I owe everything I did as a player to Mike Martz. A lot of what I did as a coach - he got me started. He would talk to me when other people wouldn't. So I owe a lot of what I've done in football to Mike Martz.