James Farrior Press Conference Transcript Thursday February 3rd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE LINEBACKER JAMES FARRIOR (on the Packers trying to spread them out like other teams have tried to do) “Well the Packers team will be our biggest challenge that we’ve faced all year. They have a great quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, they have a great group of wide receivers and we’re just praying that Coach [Dick] LeBeau comes up with a great game plan like he always does. And we’ve been practicing against teams that have been trying to spread us Read more [...]

Maurkice Pouncey Press Conference Transcript Thursday February 3rd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE CENTER MAURKICE POUNCEY (on how his ankle is feeling) “It’s feeling good. I actually did more stuff today on the bike. I am not practicing today.” (on his chances on practicing tomorrow) “There is a good chance. Rehab has been going good for me. If I am out there, I will play and if I’m not, I won’t play. It’s still a 75 percent chance. I am not doing any running yet. We aren’t going to push it that far yet. The biggest issue is the swelling. Read more [...]

Bruce Arians Press Conference Transcript Thursday February 3rd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRUCE ARIANS (on the similarities between Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers) “They are both mobile. They are both extremely accurate. They’re big…hard to get down. They both have adequate running games to go with them if they are allowed to establish them. I think it’s critical for both offenses, in this game, to establish some sort of a running game so that they are not just teeing off on you. One of the things that people aren’t Read more [...]

Mike Tomlin Press Conference Transcript Thursday February 3rd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN (on his relationship with Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert) “Kevin is very easy to work with. He and I share the same attitude in that we don’t care who gets the credit. We simply want to win. He is very innovative, very outside-the-box in his thinking in regards to the things that we need to do. I like the guy, I love the guy, and when you have that type of relationship on a personal level, it makes business Read more [...]

Below are links to all of the Wednesday press conference transcripts of the Steelers players and coaches. Mike Tomlin Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Dick LeBeau Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Ben Roethlisberger Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Byron Leftwich Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Rashard Mendenhall Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Hines Ward Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Emmanuel Sanders Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Antonio Read more [...]

Dick LeBeau Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DICK LeBEAU (on if he enjoyed playing or coaching in this league more) “I think anybody that has ever played would rather play because it’s associated with you. If you can’t play, coaching is the next best thing.” (on the differences between the defense this season and last time they were in the Super Bowl) “Not very much, really. A few different people, but the same package. They play hard. They manage to win a few games, enough Read more [...]

James Harrison Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE LINEBACKER JAMES HARRISON (on if he thinks Green Bay has become a more balanced team over the past few months) “Definitely within the last few weeks they have. They’ve been running the ball a lot better now than they had all season. They’ve turned into a two headed monster.” (on the defense they have in place if Green Bay decides to spread them out) “It’s either to cover them up or find a way to get pressure.” (on how he feels about an Read more [...]

Byron Leftwich Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS MEDIA DAY QUARTERBACK BYRON LEFTWICH (on if he would like to get in the game for one play) “I dream of it. There are two ways for me to get in. You don’t wish anything bad on Ben. All I could do is just prepare as if I have to go in and play. That’s what I’ll do. I’ll be very excited. I remember last time I probably could have thrown a ball 100 yards during pregame. I probably could have killed somebody with a football that day. That’s what the Super Bowl Read more [...]

Ryan Clark Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE SAFETY RYAN CLARK (on how the Steelers defense has adjusted to five-receiver sets) “I don’t really remember the first team to do it. I think it’s something kind of taken from what New England has been able to do against us for years which is getting the ball out quickly. Tom (Brady) gets rid of it, whether he is throwing it away, looking for his ‘hot’ receiver, which I think people have tried to take from what they’ve done and add their own personality to it. It Read more [...]

Brett Keisel Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE END BRETT KEISEL (on how long he’s been growing his beard) “I’ve been growing it since June. I had a feeling we would get to Dallas, and I wanted to look like this when we got here.” (on if he plans to shave after the Super Bowl) “I’m going to take it off at some point. I’m going to try and raise some money for charity with it or something like that. But it might come back. I’m going to miss it. I’ve become quite fond of it. I enjoy Read more [...]

Antonio Brown Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE WIDE RECEIVER ANTONIO BROWN (on how the veteran wide receivers have helped him develop) "These guys are great leaders and great older guys to learn from. They have been in this game for so long and they have young guys like me. They have gone through some of the things I may be facing. They have already overcome and they just have me apply it to my journey." (on if he had any issues adjusting to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger) "He is a MAC (Mid-American Read more [...]

Troy Polamalu Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE SAFETY TROY POLAMALU (on starting to practice today) “Yeah it will be nice to get out on the practice field. We had a few days off. It’s always nice to get the team together and focus on football.” (on the veterans enforcing a work attitude on the younger players) “Yeah, that’s kind of been ingrained in us kind of from camp. Coach [Mike] Tomlin has always had that sort of disposition that we’re always about work when it’s time to work and when Read more [...]

Emmanuel Sanders Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE WIDE RECEIVER EMMANUEL SANDERS (on what it is like to be an SMU alumni playing in Dallas) “It feels good to be back home. I am very comfortable around my surroundings right now and I am just blessed to be here. I couldn’t ask for a better situation – to be playing in the Super Bowl in the same city that I played college football in. It couldn’t get any better than this.” (on having veteran Hines Ward teaching him) “It’s been a very smooth Read more [...]

Hines ward Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE WIDE RECEIVER HINES WARD (on which position group needs to play well in order for the Steelers to win) “The offensive line. It’s always been the offensive line. It always started with those guys, because regardless if wide receivers are getting open, if those guys aren’t giving Ben (Roethlisberger) enough time to do his thing, then we’re not even a factor. So each and every game, we always go out and say it’s up to our offensive line to make plays for Read more [...]

Bryant McFadden Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE CORNERBACK BRYANT McFADDEN (on the game plan against the Packers receivers) “In practice, we go up against some extraordinary guys as the world has seen. A lot of the younger guys like Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown give us great looks. Their receivers probably don’t have a size advantage, they’re six foot, six-one. They’re definitely fast and quick, so we get the best detail that you can possibly expect to see. It’s kind of hard to try and emulate another Read more [...]

William Gay Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE CORNERBACK WILLIAM GAY (on the advantage of having Super Bowl experience) “If you let that bother you, experience or no experience, then you are not in love with the game of football. On Sundays, it’s going to come down to playing what you love and what you’ve been doing for a long time. I think both sides have been playing for a long time, so it’s going to be a great game on Sunday and I’m pretty sure everybody is going to be ready for it.” (on what he remembers Read more [...]

James Farrior Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE STEELERS LINEBACKER JAMES FARRIOR (on how he decides what to say to the team before games) “It’s tough sometimes, but I just figure if I do it off the top of my head - I really don’t remember what I said the week before anyway, so…” (on when he started giving pre-game speeches) “I guess when Joey (Porter) left. We needed somebody to get the group up because he was gone. He’d always done it when he was there, so after he left, I got anointed Read more [...]

Chris Kemoeatu Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS NEWS CONFERENCE OG CHRIS KEMOEATU (on going through Super Bowl distractions) “This is my third Super Bowl. It’s a blessing to be here. We’re enjoying it. As far as our approach to everything, it’s just another game for us. There’s some more excitement, VIPs, family. But we feed off Coach (Tomlin) and he reminds us every day that we’ve got to stay humble in our approach, and not to lose track of our priorities and why we’re here. At the same time as we’re Read more [...]

Chris Hoke Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE NOSE TACKLE CHRIS HOKE (on Mike Tomlin getting the credit he deserves) “I think the first couple of years; people had an excuse here, an excuse there, for why they didn’t want to give him any respect. The guy has proven that he is a winner. Three of his four years, he has taken us to the playoffs, and two of his four years, taking us to the Super Bowl, so you’ve got to give the guy credit.” (on what makes Mike Tomlin effective) “He knows how to push Read more [...]

Rashard Mendenhall Press Conference Transcript Wednesday February 2nd Super Bowl XLV QUOTES FROM PITTSBURGH STEELERS PRESS CONFERENCE RUNNING BACK RASHARD MENDENHALL (on if not being able to play in the Steelers’ last Super Bowl is a source of motivation for him) “A little bit. I learned a lot from that but now it’s a whole different experience, going through this season and being the lead dog. So I’m just preparing for that and looking forward to it.” (on what he was trying to learn in his first year in the NFL) “A lot of things. Kind of like when you go from high school Read more [...]