HEAD COACH RON RIVERA

On Cam Newton's start to the game: "It's one of those things he has been working on, his fundamental and his technique, and I've seen those things happen and seen those come to fruition. He did a nice job today. Cam (Newton) did a nice job with those things. They handle a lot of things thrown at us, so give them credit. They came after us and they played some very aggressive football. I thought some things they did against our offense, you have to take your hat off to. We made some adjustments later on in the middle of the 3rd quarter. I thought what Mike (Shula) and the offensive coaches tried to do really paid off. Give them credit. They fought and scratched against us. Coach (Mike) Mularkey did a nice job getting them ready to play."

On how tough it is to win: "It's tough. I mean, these guys are professionals. They are not going to come out and roll over and let us squirrel through anybody. They are going to make us earn it.   Heck, you may lose a football game. You come up against a team that made the change last week, they win a football game, they come out they are aggressive, physical, you have got to give them credit. Again, for us to be able to keep our composure, keep our poise, and handle the efforts made by the coaches.  I thought Sean (Wilks) and Mike (Shula) did a nice job.  I thought special teams did a nice job. A little unfortunate that we got the penalty called.  We were aggressive and we made things happen. You've got to give our guys credit as well."

On the defense only giving up 10 points: "I think the adjustments they made coming out for the second half was very good. They moved the ball on us a couple of times and fortunately, we only gave up 10 points. But they have a good, young quarterback that is growing, they have some playmakers around him and they do a nice job trying to protect him. As they develop and grow, I think they are a good football team. I think, as I said, a lot of what they do is really good and we just got to be on our game and not expect to just show up."

On adjustments made during the game: "There were several things. They used their tight ends early, they hit us a couple times in the seams. Delanie Walker made some big plays to keep the momentum for them.  Their running back (Dexter) McCluster did a nice job with his speed, his quickness to the outside showed. We had to make a couple adjustments to keep them inside, to contain, and keep the quarterback inside. He got after us a couple of times as he took the ball and ran.   It was a good football team we played today. Credit to them."

On running the ball: They were trying to make plays. "They were trying to stop us and ran some pressures and we were able to call the right plays against those pressures. If we don't get them blocked, those are negative plays and they may get the ball back with a chance to win the game. We were fortunate enough to back them up."

On finishing this game after the performances at the end of the last couple of games: "It was good. It really was. Again, you can't give teams opportunities to come back. Every chance to make a play, you have to. We were able to tackle them, keep them inbounds, keep the clock going and then being able to finish it off with the fumble – that was awesome."

On the rapport between QB Cam Newton and TE Greg Olsen: It's interesting because the two of them work together. They're very similar in terms of their personality when it comes to working. They both work very hard, they're both committed, there's a lot of good about who they both are in terms of trying and wanting to win and do well. It's just good to see them, with their chemistry out there on the football field, and again, when you have a guy that you feel comfortable with, that you can always go to, that's a big play.

On handling being 9-0: Well, we take it one game at a time, but it's the elephant in the room. We can't deny that, but again, it's really about the next game. It really, honestly is. All the record tells you is that you're in position for the next thing, and that would be the play-offs. So hopefully we can continue to play well and give ourselves an opportunity to get there. We've got another game coming up and that'll be the focus. The players will get to enjoy the next couple of days. They'll get an opportunity to talk to the media and talk about the game and really, I know you all remind them that they are 9-0, but the truth of the matter is once we get started on Wednesday, the focus goes right back to who we play next.

On taking a moment to enjoy 9-0:I will most certainly will. "I'll get home tonight and we'll have an opportunity to celebrate a little bit, but the focus goes right back to Monday as we start getting prepared for the next one. That's the way it has to be. It's a long season, but it's a quick season because next thing you know we're on to our next team."

On  WR Ted Ginn Jr.'s performance: "There's always that potential there and one of the things that happens when you have a guy who could potentially go all the way, I think it boosts everybody a little bit more. I think the attitude and the willingness to do it…because part of playing special teams is having the want to. When you have a guy you know who could potentially do it, it's kind of neat to watch the guys go out there and try to make something happen."

On talking to QB Cam Newton about not crossing the line: "The thing about him is that he understands. He went to a few of our fans were and gave it to a young person. It's just part of the celebration and we just have to be mindful and do it in a respectful manner."

QB CAM NEWTON

On what it feels like to start the game with the stakes so high: "I was just happy to get a win. I don't necessarily focus on things like that. We knew coming into a game like this, where we've had game after game after game where the stakes were high, and they're going to get higher each and every week. We knew as an offense to start fast, defense did a great job getting us the ball early, and we just wanted to capitalize on getting an early momentum. We did that, forced two drives, and just found a way not to fizzle out in the middle part of the game and just get points. Games like this, it's not going to be pretty all aspects of the game, but it can go either way with a lot of plays, and we just hope that the odds favor us."

On what he did differently today to improve his completion percentage: "Clear weather. Last couple games playing in tsunamis and things like that, but we had a beautiful day in Nashville today. But you just have to make the most of it."

On whether connecting with Greg Olsen helped get him going: "He was teasing.  He was wide open a couple of plays, made a tease on the sideline, and he said 'I don't think they put me in the game plan.' I said, 'OK buddy, I'm going to keep getting you the ball, or whoever the ball if the play allows me.' He also had an unbelievable one-handed catch, and he does that in practice. Coach (Ron Rivera) always talks about letting practice carry over to the game and making practice game-like, and things like that make you a believer of it. You see Greg (Olsen), one of the first of a few players that's out there, and late, working on catching. He's a veteran that's been in this a long time and having great habits like that carry over, and you see why."

On how he's been able to avoid a letdown with a 9-0 start: "Just stay focused. Coach [Ken] Dorsey spoke to the team last night and one thing he mentioned was don't be the team that blinks. For us, it meant don't be the team that scratches your head and wondering why, or when somebody else is going to make the play. We knew it wasn't going to be pretty; we tried to make it as pretty as possible. The first couple of drives, going down there and scoring touchdowns and field goals, we knew we just had to keep fighting."

On the reaction after he gave the football to a young fan following his touchdown: "I heard somebody say we aren't going to allow you to do that, but if you don't want me to do it, then don't let me in.  I just like doing it. It's not to be boastful. From the crowd's response, they like seeing it. I'm not doing it because I got sacked. I'm not doing it because something bad has happened to the Panthers. I'm just doing it because good things have happened and I hope to keep doing it. No disrespect to anybody. It's just a Panthers thing."

On if his celebrations are an example of how he loves the game: "Absolutely. We put a premium on scoring touchdowns and performing in away games. We get so much response from fans in away games like this. Seeing the response with the roaring riot, seeing black, Carolina blue and Carolina white jerseys in the stadium and keep pounding throughout the game chants, it makes me happy as a player. Nobody wants to be on a team that don't nobody like and we didn't want to let those guys down. Anytime we score, we label it our own Sunday giveaway. We make it a priority for a person who is celebrating to give them an opportunity to share something that we have. Giving a football to a fan just makes Sunday football any better."

On whether his celebration was excessive: "It's just fun. It's really an Atlanta-based dance and a tease. I'm a kid a heart. My youngest brother played a big win  this past week, first playoff game, and he always tease me, 'Hey brother, you gotta' do something cool.' He told me, 'Dab on those folks,' and in that tone too. He's only 16, but he's got an Adam's apple.  I try to make my game kid-like so people will see that I'm enjoying what I do. The birth of my lungs, while I have the ability to do what I do, I'm going to try to make the most of each and every opportunity. Like I said, I can't repeat it enough, I'm not doing it to be disrespectful to nobody, more so just doing it just to shine light and get people a smile and having fun doing what I do."

DE JARED ALLEN

On the continuity of the defensive unit and the team as whole: "I will honestly say that everyone genuinely gets along in the locker room and everybody is obviously trying to be the best player that they can be. It is great to have individual success, but everybody does it for the betterment of the guy next to them and the betterment of that group. We want to be the best defensive line there is. We are highly competitive amongst each other, but we are not going to go out of our scheme to get it done."

On the team finding a way to win: A win is a win is a win. You win by one, you win by 30 – it is still a win. It shows resilience and that we are not going to blink in the face of adversity. We are going to go out there and make a play. Every week it seems to be somebody different. We have some really great players on this team and everybody seems to step up when their number is called.

On putting the game away late: "It is definitely momentum-building. The first half wasn't what we wanted it to be. To be able to come in at halftime and make the corrections and go out and finish the game off was big for us. We have had the capability to do it, we just have to get it done. We have to take that next step as a defense, the next step as a team. We have to be able to finish games off when we have a lead and we were able to do that today."

TE GREG OLSEN

On his one-handed catch in the second half: "It was just a reaction to the situation. You don't ever intend on going out there and trying to catch it with one hand. Sometimes you just have to react to the situation and try to make the catch any way you have to."

On the chemistry with Cam Newton: "Obviously, we have completed a lot of passes over the years. We have a pretty good feel for what each other is looking for and we see things through the same set of eyes a lot of times."

On passes being on target: "Today made catching balls pretty easy. For the most part, everything was at your hands. Even if you had to go down and get it, it was super catchable and super easy and friendly balls. That makes playing the receiving position easy."

On if he was given a hard time after being stopped short of the end zone: "Yeah, I said before that if the goal line was at the one, I would probably be leading the NFL in touchdowns. It doesn't start at the one, unfortunately. I was glad that the next play Ed [Dickson] got his first touchdown of the year. I was happy for that. I don't really get too wrapped up in stats."

On the crowd's reaction to Cam Newton's post-touchdown celebrations: "I thought a lot of the crowd was our crowd. At times it was pretty loud when we were on defense, and it was loud when we had good plays. I don't know. I guess you would have to ask him. It seemed like a pretty standard demeanor from Cam (Newton) as far as I can tell."

LB THOMAS DAVIS

On the win: "I think we did a really nice job of making some adjustments. The last few weeks, we haven't finished the game like we were supposed to. We just wanted to go out and make sure we finished this game and didn't allow teams to score in the fourth quarter."  

On the mood at halftime: "We just knew that what they had done to that point in the game was because of what we did. It wasn't anything that they went out and did that we didn't expect them to do. We just didn't do a good job of executing in the first half. We made some adjustments at halftime and we went out and did a much better job of executing."

On being 9-0: "It is a great feeling. We are not done yet. We still have work to do. We will watch this film, we will build off of it, we will continue to get better and we will move on to Washington next week."

WR JERRICHO COTCHERY

On the Titans defense making the game more physical: "Those guys are really good on defense and they made it that type of game. We were able to take advantage of the opportunities that we had, and we finished the game out the way we wanted to."

On the Panthers offense starting fast: "Well, I think it's very important to start the game out fast on offense. It is even more important to start the game out fast on the road and we did that today. We created a little separation and our defense played lights out again and gave us more and more opportunities. Today, we finally got to where we wanted to be at the end of the game and that's a sign of progress."

On the Panthers offense finishing the game strong: "When you get the ball back like that, you want to close the game out and I think we did that. It was very important to convert on third downs and take care of every little detail on each and every play. I think we did a great job of that and it'll be good to go back and see that part of the film."

WR TED GINN JR.

On the Panthers mindset entering the game: "Everybody was locked in. We knew what this game meant. We knew this could have been a trap game for us. They wanted it to be a trap game. The refs put us in a dogfight a couple of times, you know. We just kept fighting and got up out of it."

On finishing the game strong: "That's something Coach Rivera always says to us, finish the game strong. We knew that it was going to be a hammer situation. We knew that the defense was trying to get off the field at the end of the game and we were prepared for it."

On how his punt return TD that was called back due to penalty sparked his play: "I know what that meant to my team. It was trying to get back to making a play. Just trying to do whatever I can. I'm just playing football, man. I love being here with the Panthers, man, and we're just enjoying our 9-0 victory."

OT MIKE REMMERS

On the play of the Panthers defense: "Our defense is great. "Those guys fly around and are hitting people hard. You look at everyone who gets tackled and there are four, five, six, seven guys; you never know. Everyone's swarming around the ball and they came up with some big plays and helped us out a ton. Those guys did a great job and it was a real team effort. Special teams did a great job; it was awesome."

On beginning the game with consecutive touchdown drives: "That's exactly what we want to do is go out and score touchdowns and set the tone and set the tempo. That's exactly what we did. We kind of got away from that after those first two drives, but we got back into it in the second half. Next week, we're just going to work on continuing those great drives throughout the whole game."

On the support of the Panthers fans at Nissan Stadium: "Oh, it was awesome. I absolutely love it. I love seeing all the Panthers fans out there chanting for us. It means the world. I love seeing our fans out there. It felt almost like a home game."

FB MIKE TOLBERT

On the Panthers offense finishing the game strong: "We had a list of things that we wanted to get better with this week, and hammer was one of them. I think we did a good job of coming out in hammer time, putting our nose in the dirt and just grinding and trying to get positive yards."

On helping Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart gain 91 yards today: "My role has changed a little bit this year, but I embrace it. I'm doing the best to try to get Jonathan as many yards and as many touchdowns as possible throughout the end of the year. He's doing a good job of it and hopefully I'm doing a good job, too."

On the challenge posed by the Titans today: "The Tennessee Titans are a good football team. They're very physical. They play good defense. Their record doesn't indicate how good they really are. We knew we had a challenge ahead of us. We came in the locker room at halftime, made some adjustments, and obviously they worked. We're not satisfied by any means, but at the same time, we know we can definitely play a lot better than we did today."

On the Panthers 9-0 record: "It embraces everything we believe in. Our motto is 'keep pounding' and that's what we do. We embrace it, regardless of the situation. Whether it be a turnover or third down percentages on offense or defense or a punt return called back. Whatever happens, we're going to keep pounding and try to find a way to move ahead."