re: Your favorite sports sound bite

-Q: What happened between you and Vernon Davis?
-SINGLETARY: Vernon… It was something that I told everybody at the very beginning of the week. I would not tolerate players that think it’s about them when it’s about the team.

And we cannot make… we cannot make decisions that cost the team. And then come off the sideline and it’s non-chalant. No. You know what? This is how I believe, OK? I’m from the old school.

I believe this: I would rather play with 10 people and get penalized all the way until we’ve got to do something else. Rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team. It is more about them than it is about the team.

Cannot play with them. Cannot win with them. Cannot coach with them. Can’t do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win.

-Q: What did you tell Vernon before he left the field?

-SINGLETARY: I told him that he would do a better job for us right now taking a shower and coming back and watching the game than to go out on the field. Simple as that.