Quotations

«[Ravens Notes: Lewis will spend Thursday, Friday and Saturday working out with trainer Bill Tessendorf and strength and conditioning coach Jeff Friday, which means that he will not participate in the Ravens' scrimmage Saturday against the Washington Redskins. His first practice with the team will be Aug. 8. Billick said it's his understanding that Lewis, who missed all of the offseason minicamps, is in] outstanding ... We're going to see about the weather. The weather is a good indicator of how long this stays on. You all say no, my wife says yes. The yeas have it.»

«Because of the nature of training camp and the four preseason games, you have to be careful who you do it with, ... You have to make sure you both want to get the same things out of it. I'm very comfortable with the approach Joe [Gibbs] wants to take, and we've gone back and forth to set the format that we're both very comfortable with.»

«You need to get into football shape, and that has to be done in a certain environment, ... So we'll deal with whatever the system says he has to do, but it's our hope that they understand that there are certain circumstances that in order for him to go forward and do his job, there's some certain things that he needs to do.»

«We've had constant communication and everybody's come back just thrilled with Jamal's attitude, how he looks, how he feels about himself, and his circumstances across the board,»

«He's like no other quarterback in the league. That's what makes him so dynamic, ... There's so much they do at the line. They don't do a lot personnel-wise. They don't do a lot formationally. Everything he does, he calls the entire offense from the line basically.»

«I'll say it again: It's the Indianapolis Colts that are coming into our stadium with a mentality that our quarterback is going to run his offense at the line 80 percent of the time, ... I can't imagine what that means to Baltimoreans to see that Colts helmet in this stadium and them thinking they can run their offense on the line. Fans, the challenge is there. Keep up the noise because we can wear them out.»

«He is about defense . . . he is about passion, he is about winning,»

«[The software is just one of the more than $2 million worth of innovative coaching tools implemented by Brian Billick, who was hired as head coach in 1999 when the team was among the worst in the NFL. Billick has something most of his peers lack: an appreciation for technology. He believes that 0s and 1s are as useful to game prep as Xs and Os.] When I got here, some of my coordinators didn't even know how to turn on a computer, ... But you let these guys loose, and it's incredible what they'll generate.»

«I can't imagine, it's totally beyond me how a Baltimore Raven fan, a fan that wants this football team to do well regardless of what happens in a game ... how anybody can even think twice about wanting to support the Indianapolis Colts by [booing].»

«I've lived in the Baltimore area for seven years and I am always amazed at the passion and anger you still have for the Colts leaving Baltimore,»