“We all know with Ben, I’m not sure it’s going to be his final time. Who knows with Ben, because he’s like ‘The Terminator.’ You think about in the history of this game, of this rivalry, how many times he’s been hit, and you can picture him – his fans, his writers, his coaches. What they don’t show is him getting up and playing the next play or playing the next series. That’s why I said, I think he’s like ‘The Terminator.’ It’s unbelievable – his resiliency and his toughness. If there’s a Ring of Fame for this game, he’s definitely on it. It’s a credit to him, with all the great players they’ve had there in the past, that he’s going to be mentioned, probably, first or in that Top 5 of players that they’ve had there throughout all these years. So, he’s a great competitor. [I’ve got] nothing but respect for him. Even this year, supposedly, his last year, they’re No. 2 in the NFL in scoring points in the fourth quarter.”
“He’s just a competitor. When the game is on the line, I think that’s when he’s at his best. I’ve played against him quite a few times, and I feel like he’s had a lot of up and down moments. We’ve had some games where we picked him off, I think, four times, and there’s games where he lit us up. But I feel like no matter what, no matter what happened in the game, when the game was on the line, he was at his best. And, my first time going against him was the Super Bowl – we lost, and he won. That still breaks my heart every time I think about it. But you’ve got to give him his respect. He’s a legend in the game. And I’ve always appreciated playing against true competitors – guys I respect and admire – and on the football field, he’s one of the greatest to ever do it.”
