Defensive Back Quotes

Ed Reed is a legend. Ed Reed will always be the standard that, as players, we look up to and strive to be like.

You know what? For myself, I kind of like the spy because it takes another guy out of coverage or another guy out of rushing.

I recruit defensive players first. That's where most games are won. Then you've got to get the offensive linemen.

All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.

The nickel spot, inside. It's the hardest position to play. It's harder than outside.

I'm a free safety. The one responsibility I have is making the play, really. So I take those chances.

There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and you've got your quick guys that will try to use their quickness, and then you've got your 'tweener' guys that will try to use both.

I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety.

I'm a lot bigger than a lot of these DBs.

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

I wouldn't want to be a DB in the NFL. They've got no chance. There's no contact down the field, but fans want to see points.

Patrick Peterson, obviously, is one of - it depends who you talk to - is the best, or one of the best, corners/return guys in the NFL. You just turn the film on and you're like, 'Wow, that guy plays corner? He looks like a linebacker and runs a 4.1' or whatever. He's a great player.

A lot of times, I go and face the top receiver, and that's a task... it comes with the territory, and I never back down from that challenge.

I don’t think Ed Reed has to take a back seat to anybody who ever played the position. ANYBODY.

Every time I step on the field, it doesn't matter who we're playing, I want to get an interception.

Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.

You don't want to give the defensive back any signals about what route you're going to run.

If all you ever play with a cornerback in there is man to man, it is a disadvantage.

There's only one Ed Reed, man. No matter how you coach it, no matter how you line it up, there's only one Ed Reed.

I prefer to play inside linebacker.

A lot of wide receivers, they always run their routes at 100% speed. As a DB, that allows you to get a feel for how you need to play them.

There is always pressure playing cornerback. It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight.

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.

I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that is the result you are going to get. Don't you ever talk about me.

I do like playing strong safety.