In case you missed, here is the link to Steve Cyphers’ powerful feature on Chuck Pagano on NFL Network last night.

And here are the excerpts:

“It really hit to my core. Before he’s my coach, he’s my friend.” – Cory Redding on the announcement that Colts head coach Chuck Pagano had leukemia

“It affects everybody so when he gets good news, we all get good news and we feel it.” – Dwight Freeney

“Just to see coach come from out of the back room shadows almost like an angel walked through the middle of the locker room.” – Robert Mathis on Pagano’s speech after the team’s win against the Miami Dolphins

“I’m getting goosebumps now just thinking about his presence and just to see him fight the way he fights. Short of breath when he talks, but he’s still strong.” – Redding

“He put everything into perspective, made you basically tell yourself, ‘Why not go out there and give it everything you got, not knowing that tomorrow the thing that you’re doing, that you love, whatever that may be, can get snatched away from you?’” – Reggie Wayne

“He and I have a hope that he’ll come out of the tunnel December 30 for our last home game coaching the team.” – Bruce Arians on Pagano’s possible return to coaching