“They left before they even shook our hands. I mean there was nothing else to do.”

— Wide receiver Richard Sherman

“I don’t know. I don’t have a thought. It’s just surreal right now.”

— Offensive guard Alex Fletcher

“We prepared all week. Some of us prepared our whole lives. It just feels great to be able to do something like this.”

— Quarterback Tavita Pritchard

“I wasn’t able to call everyone back in the voice mailbox. I’m working on it. It was full.”

— Tavita Pritchard

“After I made contact with the offensive tackle [on the game’s first play] and was like, he’s human just like I am, he puts his pants on just like I do. From the first whistle, I knew we could beat this team.”

— Defensive end Pannel Egboh

“I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s unbelievable. I didn’t even think the game was over. I thought we had another quarter of play left. It was like the greatest feeling ever.”

— Pannel Egboh

“I went into shock. I didn’t know what was going on. I didn’t know if it was a touchdown or not. I saw the referee put his hands up and it was just a great play. Tavita made a great throw, Mark made a great catch.”

— Running back Anthony Kimble

“We just made history. We just made history.”

— Anthony Kimble

“My first thought was, what did we just do. Then I realized, we just beat ‘SC.”

— Safety Taylor Skaufel

“Everybody was just going crazy. Well, the ‘SC fans were dead silent, but everyone on the sidelines was going crazy.”

— Taylor Skaufel

“It feels like a movie. We go to hotels on Friday nights, and we watch a movie. This feels like Disney really happened to us.”

— Wide receiver Mark Bradford

“It feels great. This reception by our students, I can’t tell you how much it means. It feels so great to come back and see our students, and I love them. They make me proud to be associated with Stanford.”

— Head coach Jim Harbaugh

“We bow to no man. We bow to no program at Stanford University.”

— Jim Harbaugh in late March, in reference to comments made by Pete Carroll

“I never thought we’d lose tonight, even after they scored.”

— USC head coach Pete Carroll to the Associated Press

“It’s very, very surreal. I’ve never had to do that before — walk off our own field in defeat. It’s a very disgusting feeling.”

— USC nose tackle Sedrick Ellis to The Los Angeles Times

“Words can’t express how I feel.”

— Danny Arbeiter ‘08

“Harbaugh is God.”

— A handmade sign seen during the post-game rally at Maples Pavilion