FINAL VERSE / Quotes

“I’m really hurting inside right now, but I’ll get over it and will make me that much more determined.”

GIANT COACH JIM FASSEL

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“I’m biased. Someone tell me we’re not. I’ll argue it to the death.”

RAVEN COACH BRIAN BILLICK

On whether the Raven defense was the best ever.

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“I’m just numb right now. It’s all numb to me. I don’t have the next team to get ready for, but I imagine it will come around pretty quickly.”

BILLICK

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“They had me confused.”

GIANT QUARTERBACK KERRY COLLINS

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“This is the most disappointing loss I have ever been involved in. I am disappointed in the way I played. It wasn’t for a lack of effort or a lack of preparation. I didn’t play the way I wanted to.”

COLLINS

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“We just decided as a group that winning, that looking each other in the eyes, was more important than what you guys say about us.”

RAVEN QUARTERBACK TRENT DILFER

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“He let the defense do the job and got out of the way.”

RAVEN OWNER ART MODELL

Talking about Dilfer

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“The further you go, the bigger the pill to swallow. But this doesn’t change the way I feel about this team. This team will be back to this game.”

FASSEL

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“They came out determined and they came out and beat us. They beat us physically, they beat us mentally and they beat us emotionally.”

GIANT TACKLE LOMAS BROWN

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“To the people in Baltimore city, to the people in Baltimore County and to the state of Maryland, this belongs to you.”

MODELL

Who moved his Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1996, upon receiving the Vince Lombardi Trophy