Brian Urlacher Quotes

Like I always say, it's not how many great plays you make; it's how few bad ones you make. I know fans, and even some losing coaches, are enamored with long pass completions or the great run plays, but that doesn't offset the interception or the fumble.

You have to play defense, that's how you win.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

I feel that a lot of people say that your best passing attack is having a good run game. I couldn't agree more with that.

If you had to point to anything, it's when you've had as much success as we've had and are so close to winning a Super Bowl, at some stage you have an opportunity to think the next move, even if it's not consistent with all your previous moves, will be the one that gives you the chance to win the Lombardi Trophy.

Look at Baltimore back in 2000. They had an outstanding defense. They could run the ball, and they had a quarterback that didn't turn it over that much. I think that is a plan that can bring you great success.

The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league.

If you don't take care of the ball in this league, I know it's tough to win.

You're never trying to have three-and-outs; I don't care what offense you're playing.

I think first and foremost, you've got to be able to run the football to be successful in college football. Some teams have thrown the ball 60 times a game and had success doing that. But I think you've got to be able to run the football to have success.

Nine times out of 10, if you win the game, it starts with the turnover battle.

You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.

I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win.

I'm going to play the quarterback position the way coaches install the plays; I'm going to go through the reads just like they install it.

You have to win on the ball.

Messi is an extraordinary player, but your squad is pivotal: at a World Cup, the 11 players on the pitch and everyone else in the group can all play an important role.

I love to hit my little five- to 10-yard cut, and that's what I try to do. And I think that's kind of been my game.

And in an Ashes series the best approach as a player is to not get caught up in feeling pressure for your position but to think only about the greater cause. How can I contribute? It could be a single moment, like a blinding catch or a run out. Think only of the team's needs.

That's basically what you're going out trying to do every night - help the team win.

If you're going to run a lot of plays, you better score a lot of points.

When I left college ball, I think I was prepared to coach a team, but I don't think I was prepared to help the team win.

We've got to understand what wins and what loses for us. What's our formula? For us, it might not be flashy. It might be boring football, but it works for us.

You can have Guardiola as a manager, you can have Koeman as a manager, anybody as a manager, but the players inside the white lines win the game.