Jason Babin Quotes

In 10th grade, I started playing defense. Mainly because we already had a great tailback. Once I started playing it, it just started growing on me. I liked it a lot.

I am a football player. I like to win. And I am used to winning - quite a lot.

I was a competitor as a football player and I'm a competitor as a coach.

I always root for the defense.

I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

I competed every day as a professional football player... You've got to like competing. That's how your team gets better, when you have competition every day.

To be really honest, I do not mind whether it is offense or defense. I just like being in on plays and doing what needs to be done to help us win.

I would like to score goals in every game.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club.

Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday.

I like to win; I like to compete; I like to sack the quarterback.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

Since I was a D-team backup quarterback in seventh grade, I've loved the game.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

To me, any time you're playing a Peyton Manning-led football team, there's a challenge - but that's what you dream about growing up as a kid.

Give me great players making great plays under the world's greatest pressure. Give me red white and blue real football.

Football is the total team game.

I'm playing quarterback, I'm playing football, and I don't try to make it more than that.

You've got to be able to compete and play at a high level.

My job is to go out there and play football. My job is to go out there and win football games.