Ravens quotebook
By PETE YOUNG
© St. Petersburg Times, published January 25, 2001
CORNERBACK CHRIS MCALISTER, ON THE IMPACT SAFETY ROD WOODSON HAS HAD ON HIS CAREER: "Rod is like a father. He's been there, he's played this position. What Rod tells me, I take it like it's my father."
WOODSON, ON THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS SUPER BOWL AND HIS FIRST (WITH PITTSBURGH IN 1996): "I'm healthy. I get to play my game this time."
TIGHT END SHANNON SHARPE, ON THE RAVENS' OFFENSIVE WOES EARLY IN THE SEASON: "I looked back at the tape and realized I was part of the problem."
SAFETY COREY HARRIS, ON WHAT DEFENSIVE TACKLE TONY SIRAGUSA IS LIKE WHEN HE'S "NOT ON STAGE": "He's always on stage."
SHARPE, ON THE TELEVISION COMMERCIAL IN WHICH HE TRASH-TALKS WITH THE GIANTS' JASON SEHORN: "I think the thing that made that commercial so great is that they let me be me."
DILFER, ON WHETHER HE HAS BEEN REMINISCING AND TAKING IN THE ATMOSPHERE: "I did allow myself about three minutes yesterday (after the team photo shoot at Raymond James Stadium). I said, 'I'm going to take this in for a second.' ... It was like one of those movies where you have flashbacks, most of them good."
MCALISTER, ON RAVENS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR MARVIN LEWIS: "He's more excited than anybody in the city of Tampa."
LEWIS, ON THE RAVENS DEFENSE: "I can't wait to see them play Sunday. They amaze me each and every week."
HARRIS, WHO SAID HE MIGHT GET A JOB PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL IF HE WEREN'T IN THE NFL, ON WHETHER HE COULD MAKE A LIVING THAT WAY: "It depends on how much you want to eat."
DILFER, ON HIS CANDID, OPEN APPROACH WITH THE MEDIA: "I think you get beat down enough and at a certain point you realize you have nothing to fear."
SHARPE ON RAVENS DEFENSIVE END ROB BURNETT: "I would not take anybody over Rob Burnett as a defensive lineman."
DILFER ON HIS MATURATION: "I've learned that if you're going to claim to be a team guy, you've got to be a team guy. ... The stats just don't matter to me. The only stat that matters is winning."
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- Nothing but blue skies
- For Ravens' Lewis, no answers, just pain
- At decisive moment, Armstead went right
- Celebrities can eat; the rest can forget it
- We paid for it; it paid off
- Be cool, be cool
- A reward for being unique
- Football, hard? Try owning a club or two
- AFC Guest analyst
- NFC guest analyst
- Sports Babe planning long vacation to regroup
- Dilfer in his glory
- Sharpe remarks
- Reselling tickets is big business
- Super side line
- Autograph demands are a sign of Faulk's times
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- Some Sharpe words greet Lewis critics
- Reluctant convert finds his bliss on O-line
- Celebrity predictions
- Hilliard can take a hit
- Lomas Brown in line for a title
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- A field guide to the celebrities
- Media follows the NFL's food trail
- Super volunteers have more answers than Regis Philbin
- Rooms are available, but they'll cost you
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- Lots of money, but not for all
- Sand sculptures fill tall order
- Complaint brings an apology, tickets
- Art of the game
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- New rumor, new denial: no Parcells
- Bucs' Lynch takes a ride into the wild blue yonder
- Redner to teams and NFL: I must get this off my chest
- Loving every minute of it
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