Aaron Brooks Quotes

We couldn`t believe that this was going on where we live. It`s weighing heavily on our hearts and minds right now.

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. He`s pure. He`s the closest thing to Deion (Sanders) we`ve probably seen. There aren`t a lot of corners you say that you`re not going to go after. I`m going to try all of them. But he`s 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. He`s an awesome corner.

Ray Lewis, Ed Reed '” you look at what they accomplished last year and it`s a great opportunity for us. I`m just looking forward to going out there against those guys.

Unfortunately, it`s our new home, temporarily, ... We`re going to have to accept that and be as comfortable as possible and get into a normal schedule for the regular season.

As a football team, we`re not looking for any handouts. We`ll 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.

Some of the families weren`t 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, it`s definitely going to be a dogfight.

We couldn`t believe that this was going on where we live, ... It`s weighing heavily on our hearts and minds right now.

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

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