DAN QUINN, head coach
On what put a fire under his team
“I do know I love going through the game with these guys. We have so many guys who are passionate. We know it’s going to come down, and we talk about it as a fight. It’s going to come down to the end and we are willing to go the distance. …It’s not going to end early. It’s going to go all the way to the end, just like it did today.”
MATT RYAN, quarterback
On the slow start
“We started slow across the board. Offensively, defensively and got into a little bit of a hole. But nobody panicked. Nobody kind of pressed or anything like that.”
On his halftime talk
“We had a good plan coming into the game. We stuck with the plan.”
On Julio Jones slow start
“I think it was me. I wasn’t as accurate as I needed to be in the first half.”
DEVONTA FREEMAN, running back.
On his big day
“I just believed. We all believe in each other… .my offensive linemen, man, those guys blocked their behinds off tonight. I’m just so proud of them. They just created some huge holes for me. I just used by God-given ability and just made it work.”
JULIO JONES, wide receiver
On being unstoppable
“It doesn’t matter who I’m going against. I just try to go out there and do my best.”
RYAN SCHRAEDER, right tackle
On the rushing attack
“It took a little bit to get going. We started getting into our groove. Devonta was going good. He was running as hard as hell. It’s fun to block for a guy like that.”
More on the rushing attack
“I think you’re going to see that for the rest of the year. We are just going to keep getting better.”
VIC BEASLEY, defensive end
On the defense’s slow start
“I think we just tried to focus on the fundamentals and do what we do best. That’s play in the opponent’s backfield. We came out with that mindset in the second half.”
On the coaches message
“The coaches were disappointed. We don’t like to have the ball run on us. We did a poor job in the first half. We were able to come in at half time and get things straight. It was a challenge. Our backs were against the wall. We just had to go out there and prove ourselves over and over and we were able to hold them to zero points in the second half.”
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