“Even then I watched him, ... I knew he was a game champion and that he wasn't going to go out like a dog. He went out fighting. Even after that last knockdown he was willing to get up.”
Mike Tyson
“The third quarter was the game. We knew they'd come out hungry in the third. They're not defending state champions for nothing.”
Stan Bujacich
“I'm here to watch the watch the champions and the would-be champions.”
Julius Erving
“I played this game to win a championship. I?m a champion and I think the last stop is here, in Detroit.”
Jerome Bettis
“[Naturally, Auburn players were calling for a co-national-championship after the game.] We deserve to be national champions, ... We don't deserve to be No. 2 behind anybody.”
Jason Campbell
“The champions are in our division, and until you knock the champion out and put them on the floor, they're still the champion. Three of the last four Super Bowl winners have come from this particular division. No question this is the toughest division in football.”
Troy Vincent
“We've given the reigning champions a two-goal start but by the end of the game we were playing them off the park.”
Dave Leonard
