John Matuszak Quotes

I want to get to the quarterback and stop the run.

I prefer to play inside linebacker.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.

At nose tackle, you don't have to run that much.

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

Obviously, teams are passing a lot more, and there are rules that... allow the offense to be more explosive, so you want to have as many defensive players and defensive playmakers and defensive backs that you can.

The thing that's always struck me about Coach Marinelli's defenses is how fast and aggressive they play.

I love getting after that quarterback! That's my deal: sacking the quarterback.

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

You have different schemes for different teams. Some teams blitz a lot, and some teams drop eight in coverage.

I'm a guy who can play all three downs, and I excel in all areas of the game.

If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don't put hands on him, he's probably going to beat me on the route.

Coach Marinelli's defense is incredible.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

Let me explain my job very simply: My job is to line up five, seven, 10 yards in front of a man and run into him at full speed.

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.

When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

I'm not a huge offensive lineman.

Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.

Whatever you want to call it, they have all these names for these coverages, I've seen them. Like those linemen coming out to jam me on the line of scrimmage. A lot of crazy stuff.

To survive in the NFC West, we have to win in the trenches.

When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.

My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front of you - read their body language and anticipate what's going to happen next.

My goal is I want to create the 20-20-20 club: 20 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, 20 batted balls.