Matt Cassel Quotes

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

Whenever I have the opportunity to come on, I try to do my best for the coach, and I try to help the team.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.

One has to be available, very much available, and ready to protect the interests of his colleagues.

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

I just focus on what the team needs me to do to win.

When you're playing your part, you don't watch other people - you just play your part.

I just want to contribute to my team and earn the trust and do everything they need from me.

Whatever the team needs, I'll do.

We're just human beings. In the end, you do your job. I do my job in the best way I can.

Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs.

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

A lot of times, people think of selfish, and they think of offense, but you can be selfish on the defensive end of the floor, too. If you don't uphold your end of our schemes and your responsibilities within those schemes, then you're being just as selfish.

Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.

When you're on a good team, you just want to do your part and know that they trust you.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

In carrying out every aspect of our work, CIA officers are guided by a professional ethos that is the sum of our abiding principles, core values, and highest aspirations. These include service, integrity, excellence, courage, teamwork, and stewardship. Sacrifice, too, is an inescapable part of our mission.

For us to be a really good team, everyone has to guard.

Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.