Running Backs Quotes

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle. They have a great running back - they have a great group of running backs - but Lynch obviously is really kind of in a class by himself. The quarterback's a problem, the receivers are a problem, they have a good offensive line.

You can't have enough good running backs.

Anytime we can get the running game going it is a plus for me and it makes my job a lot easier.

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

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.

I have confidence in my players around me - my offensive line, my running backs, my wide receivers, and the defense and special teams.

There are a lot of running backs who see the first level, the D-linemen, and they can't really see the second level.

I don't think anybody running the ball, besides some running backs, like to get hit.

I hate running. Only if I have to, but my job is to get the ball to the receivers, the tight ends, running backs.

Obviously, I love the idea of athletic quarterbacks.

God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.

The league is shifting. It's becoming a smaller league, way more speed-dominant. So you're seeing more backs like me who can run between the tackles, pass-protect, catch and become matchup nightmares. You also have more receivers who are getting jet sweeps, doing different things with the ball in their hands.

You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.

There aren't many football players other than kickers who are Latin.

To be able to be mentioned with guys like Emmitt, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and my man LaDainian Tomlinson, it's a blessing.

I like to think of myself as the running LT. I like to run up the middle and wear defenses down. It's more exciting in between the tackles.

My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.

I feel blessed. All the great running backs that have come through Ohio State - Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Beanie Wells - I'm happy that I was able to carry on that lineage this season.

How I pick running backs, I always go off what situation they're in. I look at guys and what they had around them.

I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.

You've got to be careful of guys trying to chop-block you. You know, running backs, the receivers. You've got to just hope that your knees are fine and you can avoid those chop blocks.

Some running backs do different things to get away. My move is to spin.

I don't think running backs have ever been under-valued.

If you look on tape, as a back, I do everything.

A lot of different things go into calling the run game - especially at the line of scrimmage.