Quotes by Aaron Brooks

“Ray Lewis, Ed Reed — you look at what they accomplished last year and its a great opportunity for us. Im just looking forward to going out there against those guys.”

“Some of the families werent able to make it out because a lot of airlines cancelled flights. Families had to pack up in cars and head westbound and northbound.”

“The Civil War is a big game. Regardless of the records going into the game, its definitely going to be a dogfight.”

“We couldnt believe that this was going on where we live. Its weighing heavily on our hearts and minds right now.”

“As a football team, were not looking for any handouts, ... We know its going to be difficult, we know its going to be hard. Were going to be fine and were not going to use this as a crutch and say, Feel sorry for us and let us win this football game. Were going to remain true to ourselves, stay as one as a football team.”

“We couldnt believe that this was going on where we live, ... Its weighing heavily on our hearts and minds right now.”

“As a football team, were not looking for any handouts. Well band together as a team. We want to go out there and shed a lot of blood, sweat and tears. We want to make our people proud of us. We feel like that is our civic duty.”

“I had my house phone always forwarding to my cell phone, anyway, ... I thought: Eliminate the middle man, which is my house phone.”

“Unfortunately, its our new home, temporarily, ... Were going to have to accept that and be as comfortable as possible and get into a normal schedule for the regular season.”

“It has to be Champ Bailey. His ball skills are outstanding. He can break on the ball. He can re-direct a route. His recovery speed is great. Hes pure. Hes the closest thing to Deion (Sanders) weve probably seen. There arent a lot of corners you say that youre not going to go after. Im going to try all of them. But hes the best, and the one you should worry about the most. When we played him last year, he made some hellacious plays. I threw one ball that looked like it was going to be over his head and he made a great play on it and tiptoed the sideline. Hes an awesome corner.”