Super Bowl XLVI – Wednesday, February 1, 2012(on staying focused this week) “Just taking it day-by-day, minute-by-minute. Obviously, you want to take advantage of the things because this is going to be a good memory, but at the same time, you know what you’re here to do. You know what you have to put first and keep a level head about it. Stay humble and stay on top of the things that you have to do.”
(on the focus of the receiving core) “Just play the game the way we’ve been playing it all season. We know what we’re capable of doing in a given time. We just will step out there and play the game that we’ve been playing all season.”
(on splitting the workload with RB Ahmad Bradshaw) “I think we’ll just try to bring something to the offense as far as making plays and leadership roles, him from the running back position and me from the wide receiver position. It’s just a matter of being there in clutch situations.”
(on QB Eli Manning) “He’s definitely been a help. (He) knows certain things, certain situations, how to handle it, how to handle family situations when they’re here and how to stay focused with that. Also how to just know what to put first.”
(on getting back to practicing) “I think everybody is excited about getting out there on the practice field and doing some running around to put us back in the mind of running the football a little bit.”
(on what needs to happen in practice) “Just get back into the routine and pick up where we left off last week, reviewing the plays and make sure we’re all on the same page and just have a good day of work.”
(on Super Bowl week) “I think everything is a good experience. You have to take advantage of these things. You don’t know when these things come again, but at the same time we have to know what to put first, know what we’re here to do.”
(on his friendship with the receiving core) “We’ve built a brotherhood. We spend time with each other on and off the field. We’ve built a relationship where we like to help each other out whether it’s running routes or breaking down points on the film.”
(on playing on turf) “I’m excited about it. It should be pretty fast out there, and I look forward to playing out there and so do our teammates.”
(on WR Victor Cruz) “As a dude, he’s a good dude. He’s a humble dude. He likes to make plays, and he loves football. He’s a great team player, and he’s always a team player. You can always count on him making a play in a clutch situation.”
(on Cruz playing in the Super Bowl) “It’s just a desire that he has in him. He was put here for a reason. He was put in this situation when he was blessed, and he took advantage of it.”
(on Cruz’s football abilities) “I felt like the play making ability he had, all the abilities he had at times in clutch situations, stepping up consistently time after time.”
(on WR Steve Smith leaving the team prior to the season) “From the wide receiver core I think we have never doubted anyone in our room. Everyone steps up. That’s how we are in our room. Guys love the challenge. They always step up.”
(on the Patriots secondary) “They’re a solid secondary. Obviously they’ve been doing something right to get to this point where they are at today. I feel like they are capable of making plays, but there are also some things that you can take advantage of within our offense. That’s what we look forward to.”
(on how they plan on taking advantage of the Patriots secondary) “Just by making plays, making plays when you get the ball in your hands. That’s what it’s going to come down to.”
(on the Patriots defense) “They play some zone, but they also play some man as well. They may play out like zone, but their corners play out like man.”
(on the defense’s confidence) “I feel like we’re confident enough to play the game like we’ve been playing it all year. We’re going to go out there and do the things we’ve been (doing) and try to let nothing stop us. It’s a big game on a big stage, and it’s something that we’ve been fighting to get to all year. I think you can expect us to come out and play our best. Everybody is going to give their 110 percent.”
(on the Super Bowl) “This is the game we dream of on a big stage coming up. As a kid through high school, through college, this is what you play for, to get here.”
(on beating the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional round of the playoffs) “It was a game that we were prepared for. We played them tough early in the year and we had a good shot of getting them again. Once we got them again, we wanted to take advantage of it and finish this time.”
(on the team’s mindset after the loss during the regular season to Green Bay) “I think it was just how we fought and how we came back as a team and as a unit. We all believed in ourselves and knew what we were capable of doing. It was just a matter of doing it when our backs were up against the wall.”
(on the playoffs providing confidence to the team) “I think so. I think once we got into the playoffs, we felt like we had a good shot at this. It was a whole new season. We approached it as such and we felt like we could do it. Everybody believed, and that’s why we are who we are today.”
(on if he dreams about making a big catch in the Super Bowl) “Yes. I think that’s something every receiver dreams about doing.”
(WR David Tyree’s famous catch in Super Bowl XLII) “It was a great catch on his behalf during the game. It was amazing. The effort that Eli (Manning) had to break the tackle and to stay on his feet in the pocket and then (to) deliver the ball to Tyree. That’s something that’s always going to be remembered.”
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