Shaun Alexander Quotes

"I believe that Seattle is really, really close to being a dominant football team. We can have a great tradition for a long time. I want to be a part of that. But fair is fair. My gut tells me Seattle will be fair."

"My mom told me a long time ago that running back was a great position, but it's also the craziest. It just comes with the position."

"He is definitely coming. This is my best friend. He'll be there, probably wearing a Pittsburgh jersey, but that's OK."

"I think whenever you play football, at any time it could be your last play. I think that's the great thing about this sport. Every week and every play, you have to play like it's your last. I'll just go out there and play hard, and that's the best I can do."

"I kind of put them in everybody's locker and then took off."

"I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season."

"When I started here, we went 6-10 and watched other teams dance on our field to our music. I've seen us go from a team people laughed at to a team people have to respect. Now we're at the Super Bowl trying to build a dynasty."

"I walked in expecting to see Ken lying in a bed, ,"

"My first day here, just like my first day at Alabama, I went and got the record books and looked it all up. It was like, 'OK, how hard is it going to be for me to get this thing?' I started setting goals to get them fast."

"Ever since (childhood), I realized that one of the coolest things in the game is scoring touchdowns. And I think mentally that still drives me."

"Jerome is in a class of his own. He's much bigger than anybody else, and for him to have that speed and to be able to sidestep people, and then run through people, that puts him in a different class."

"It's funny. Thank God everybody is safe."

"You are making Mike look like a genius. Hopefully, we can prove you right Sunday."

"I think that, come January, we will be one of the offenses that everybody is going to fear. Everybody forgets that Jacksonville and Atlanta have a very good defense. I think we've done well against them."

"Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them."

"In my heart of hearts,"

"The holes open, the holes close and we take advantage when we can get them. I think the running game was OK."

"My mom told me a long time ago that the running back was a great position, but it's also the craziest. She's like, 'You know everybody's chasing you, right?' Once you chose to be a running back, you take the good with the bad."

"It was an emotional roller coaster -- going from Christmas, then your aunt dies, and then all the stats come out and you might get all these records. I've been asked, 'How do you feel?' Tired. I'm really blessed we do have this week off where I can kind of grab a hold back to reality."

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