Ref Quotes

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can`t trust em.

I get out of bounds and when I`m getting up, somebody pushed me back down. I grabbed the ref to get his attention to say, `Hey, did you see that?` You are not supposed to touch the ref. I understand that. I wasn`t doing it to put him down or anything like that. I put my hand on his back. It was a gesture.

I got hit out of bounds a little late, and as I was trying to get up, someone pushes me back down. I grabbed the ref and said, `Hey did you see that?

I wasn`t trying to be demonstrative and all that stuff. I`m not trying to put my hands on the ref or get physical with the ref, that`s not my style. I know I`m going to get fined. I`ll deal with it and move on. It`s my first time ever getting thrown out of a game.

I watched the replay five times and it wasn`t a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn`t even get the charge. He was falling before I even got there. When a rookie ref gets put in that situation -- somebody who weighs 215 going against somebody who weighs 165 -- it`s an obvious call to make.

The only thing I was looking for after the touchdown was the ref so I could give him the ball so I wouldn`t get a penalty, ... Go out with class like I do all the time. I wanted to do what P.J. did, but I realized I had to go out with some class instead of a penalty.

Oh, yeah, it`s right here, from that play. I thought it was (a foul). He (ref) kind of hesitated, then made the travel call.