It pumps you up when you feel like everybody is against you.

I barked and yelled (at the refs) just to feel a little better. But what can you say when you're 80 feet away with glasses?

It's like you have a car and you have a bad rim, you are going to feel that when you are driving. When you're on your feet every day, you just try to build it up as best you can.

One of the reasons why is because everybody thinks Coach (John) Fox does it. Here is this (former) defensive coordinator (in Fox); he comes here and all of a sudden the defense is good. A lot of people just think that's what it is.

I told him to let it go. He's a fiery guy and I just wanted to let him know we're in his corner no matter what happens.

This is the loudest, happiest locker room we've had in a while. Guys are loose and confident, and that's usually when we're on our game. Our foot is in the door. Now we have to go out and kick the door down, and this team is capable of doing it.