40 Quotes by Takeo Spikes

It was bittersweet, to tell you the truth, ... I just felt bad. I don't know why. It's almost like I was embarrassed to a certain degree.

Everybody is even and we feel good about what we have and now we need to take advantage of it.

The best thing I can say is their legacy has been written,

It was like a dream coming true, like I was coming into the league all over again, ... It was almost like hearing the commissioner call your name again on that stage. That's the way I felt. Just to see it, man, I don't know. It was almost like, and I know I shouldn't say this because it sounds so harsh, but it was like I was a slave getting his slave papers.

I like our chances better than anybody in the league knowing that you're coming out at home again playing with the 12th man in the stadium. Special teams, defensively, offensively, we feel like we have a lot of things to prove.

I'll be back next year, 2006, better than ever,

I know a lot of people expect a lot of great things out of me. But I expect a lot of great things out of myself. ... It's time to be a household name for the 50 percent of people who didn't know me before.

I promise you, ... When I come back, I'm going to be like a mad dog in a meat house.

In order for you to get where you want to go, ... you have to remember where you came from.