[coach] "They're killing me, Whitey, they're killing me!"-Clive Rush(I think), 1970
"That's one of the worst officiated games I've ever played in"-Julius Adams, 1976
"Now, about that holding that wasn't called..."-Russ Francis, after inverting the plane he was flying, to passenger Phil Villapiano, 1977
[coach] "Sh*t."-Chuck Fairbanks, when Billy Sullivan still wouldn't pay Hannah & Gray even after their holdout ended, 1977
"The response of the fans from here in New England, the mail which I get from all parts of the country, and you know people all sorts of well wishers wishing me well...it's just heartwarming to know that that many people across the country feel that way about you."-Darryl Stingley, 1979
"[Ron Meyer is] "the sorriest excuse for a coach I've ever seen."-John Hannah, 1983
"I ate the book, Eat to Win."-Craig James at training camp, 1985
"We're pissed off, and we're going to show the world what kind of team the Patriots are."-Brian Holloway, in a live Channel 4 interview to Bob Lobel in the preseason, when NOBODY, even on cable TV, publicly said "pissed off", though the expression originated forty years previous, 1985
"We're not stopping here, we're winning the next one!"-Julius Adams, LA Coliseum, January 1986
"I thought our chances were slim and none, and Slim was back in Texas."-Tony Eason, describing the moments before his walkoff TD pass to Irving Fryar to beat the Rams at Anaheim, 1986
"You're not writing; you're looking."-Zeke Mowatt, to would-be reporter Lisa Olson, 1990
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."-Andre Tippett, upon first seeing the new flying elvis logo and uniforms, 1993
"I'm the best decision this organization has ever made."-Tom Brady, to owner Robert Kraft, rookie camp, 2000
"I love that uniform."-Patrick Pass, 2017, Steve Grogan, 2016, and every other Patriots player and fan I've ever spoken to in person to about logo worn on helmets for prior thirty-two years, 1993-2017