"Unfortunately, I've been around a lot of organizations over my 14-year career that have dealt with off-field issues."
"I was in New England in 2007 for Spygate."
"I was in Minnesota in 2014 when Adrian Peterson was suspended. In that situation, we were about to play the Patriots when his suspension came out the Friday before the game."
"We knew what was going on with Spygate. We were in football mode, and it didn't impact our day-to-day. There's so much noise on the outside - 'You're cheaters, you're this, you're that' - but the easiest way to settle that is to go 18-0 and go to the Super Bowl."
"I've been on a number of NFL teams, and a lot of them address situational football. But I've never been around a team that does it as meticulously as the New England Patriots."
"You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is."
"The first thing that came to mind when I met Tom Brady was intimidation. I'm showing up in 2005 with a guy who just came off his third Super Bowl win. So, it's a little intimidating walking in the room with Tom Brady for the first time."
"My rookie year in New England was mind-blowing."
"The thing about the 2008 season which sticks out for so many people was we were coming off the 18-1 year where we went to the Super Bowl and lost in dramatic fashion with the catch and everything else that happened."
"The Thursday night game is by far the most difficult game to prepare for. You can't get into as much depth as you normally would in your game plan because you just don't have the time. You've got to jump right into the next opponent."
"Personally, I always loved the 1 p.m. Sunday games."
"I've said this time and time again: Dante Scarnecchia is the best offensive line coach in the NFL."
"I think that's the genius part of what the Patriots do: They go above and beyond in identifying the issue and doing whatever they can to make sure it doesn't wreck the offensive plan."
"Your leader on the offensive line is your center, because the communication really takes place between him and quarterback."
"In 2005, our starting center, Dan Koppen, went down with a season-ending injury. Russ Hochstein was always our interior 'swing guy' - he played guard and center - and I remember Russ stepping in and playing beautifully."
"I'm not trying to be Tom Brady. I'm just trying to be Matt Cassel."
"Honestly, I have no ill will toward Kansas City or anything that happened here."
"Any time you can come down and score on your first drive, that's what you're trying to accomplish."
"You can't play scared."
"You can't play tentative."
"I have tunnel vision. I go out and try to get better each and every day."
"I don't think there's anybody that puts more pressure on himself than I do."
"I think as the quarterback of any NFL team, you put a tremendous amount of pressure on yourself to win ball games because that's what you're here to do and ultimately, that's what you want to do."
"So for me, it's just continue to go out and work hard and do what I've been coached and let the other guys take advantage of what they do successfully and then just let the chips fall where they may."
"Nobody knows the future."
