Quotes by John Beck

“Thats the purpose for the hard work in the offseason, ... So we can be comfortable now. I wanted to prepare myself so, on Saturday, I can be confident. You want to go out there and think, If I perform the way I should, they cant stop us. I feel that way about my teammates, too. I believe in them - I want them to believe in me, to trust me, to know, when they look at me, they can depend on me.”

“Were not going to force the deep ball,”

“If youve got an offense where youre only throwing to two people, youre not using all your weapons like you should. Its called a spread offense, not because the formations are spread, but because the balls being spread all over the place.”

“So many of these plays are set plays, where its five guys running their specific route and the quarterback throws the ball to whoever the defense dictates is going to get the ball. Whereas in the past, it was each receiver would do certain things to adjust his route to try to get open.”

“Obviously, were disappointed in ourselves, because we know we can be a high-powered offense.”

“Definitely one of the things they focused on was to try to take away the deep stuff. They know that Todd Watkins is a threat deep. Most of the time, they rolled double [teams] to his side; thats why our other wide receivers caught a lot of balls.”

“We have to be upbeat, find the things that we made mistakes on and fix them and go into this ballgame fired up.”

“Well, obviously youd need a little spending money, on the practical side. I think it would be important to grab what heirlooms I could, like a wedding ring. And for me, Id take a Bible, something to look at and find devotion in my time of need. And American Express never leave home with out it.”

“Its great to start out with a touchdown and get things rolling. Things were definitely clicking at the beginning of the game. Thats how we should have looked for four quarters. Its a huge boost to score on your first drive. That set the tone for the game. Our goal is to make every quarter like that first quarter, where were running on all cylinders.”

“Each game you definitely feel more comfortable.”