"We couldn't risk or afford to have him actually have to face any deliveries in the game. If we needed two to win and he had to go on strike, I would probably have had to declare or do something like that, which would have been pretty hard. As he just said to me then, he wouldn't have spoken to me ever again as long as he was alive. [But] the risk factor there was extremely high."

"I'm sure the rest of the players sitting here are 100 per cent behind the coach. I'm really happy with the feeling in the group at the moment. I think we all understand the challenge that lies before us and we're all up for it. I'm sure you'll see us play some great cricket."

"We played very well this week, and it was a good team performance. But I'm not sure if the West Indies played as well as they can. We probably expected a little bit more."

"It's been a very good team performance from us, we have looked at lots of areas where we can improve our Test match cricket and we've certainly addressed some of those in this game,"

"I think listening to him before the game he wanted to be more economical and not go for as many runs which probably meant he wanted to drop his pace,"

"There's no room in sport for racism whatsoever. The players are all very aware of that, the crowd needs to be aware of that and enjoy the game for what it is."

"We have eyes, and we see that not many people are interested in the sports."

"It's been a tough week for me. But I am satisfied with my game."

"There was so much wind, it was tough to play good tennis. I'm having trouble getting my confidence back. But I'm working hard and trying to do it."

"I've played him many times, six times, but the way he is playing this year, with confidence, to beat him will be very tough. A little bit of luck would be great."

"He's the kind of player that you need to be really careful and really focus from the beginning of the match."

"He used his body today to block the defender off. He used a basketball move where he posted him up a little bit."

"Oh, no question, ... He's one of those guys that got thrown into the fire early. It's tough. They're trying to build a team around him and going through growing pains."

"[This is] a great moment for me both professionally and personally. Working with the coaches here and the Brown family has been a tremendous experience. I love our prospects for being a great team into the future and we love living in Cincinnati."

"Before we're a championship team, we need to get better offensively and really take advantage of every turnover, ... We punted a lot today."

"Chad really is harmless. He's a little kid at heart and does a lot of things that make you laugh. He just loosens the mood and makes you realize, we're still playing a game."

"The truth is that if I wasn't hurt I'd be here for 2 1/2 hours – but now I've got to work out for 2 1/2 hours and I've got 2 1/2 to 3 hours more of rehab to do, so I'm not cheating anybody."

"That's my fault. I need to just throw it away early and cut our losses. I hurt the team on that one."

"It's going to be a lot of fun to have them in our place."

"The defense has given us every advantage, ... With the tempo we've had on offense, that's been a good combination."

"That doesn't happen to that defense, ... They're the No. 2 defense in the league and they're a very good, aggressive, physical defense."

"We weren't perfect today, but we did a lot of really good things. Offensively it was easy. When the defense gets you the ball that many times in a row, that many times on their side of the 50 and a couple of times in the red zone it really makes it easier for you offensively."

"The defense is making it easy on us."

"My groin felt great. I could have ended up playing the whole game. But I think Coach (Marvin Lewis) wanted to let some of the starters rest."