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A collection of the best quotes from the NFC & AFC Championship games

With Championship Sunday completed, players, coaches and owners all gave their reactions.

The Atlanta Falcons beat the Green Bay Packers 44-21 to qualify for their first Super Bowl since 1998. The organisation has never won the Vince Lombardi trophy, but after a dominant display in the NFC Championship game, every member of the team - including head coach and owner - was keen to talk about "the brotherhood".

"The brotherhood is real, man. The brotherhood is what has taken us through the entire season", said defensive end, Tyson Jackson.

"This is bigger than one person, bigger than me", added Taylor Gabriel. "It's a brotherhood and we rolled that through the whole season. We came out here, played Falcons football and got the win."

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan praised his opponent - and regular season MVP rival - Aaron Rodgers.

"We knew going against Aaron that it's never over. He's such a great competitor and we knew we had to play hard all four quarters."

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Head coach Dan Quinn and owner Arthur Blank praised the fans after the team had played its final game in the Georgia Dome. Next season, the team will move to the state of the art Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is due to hold the Super Bowl in 2019.

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In the AFC Championship game, the New England Patriots defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-17 in Foxborough, and quarterback Tom Brady dedicated the win to his mum. Brady also talked about the emotion of "finishing it off", after falling short in the Championship game last year.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft addressed the crowd, letting them know that the job wasn't finished.

"All of you in this stadium understand how big this win was. But we have to go to Houston, and win one more!"

FOXBORO, MA - JANUARY 22:  Jim Nantz (R) interviews Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots as team owner Robert Kraft (L) and head coach Bill Belichick
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Bill Belichick gave all the credit to his players, despite setting a new NFL record with his seventh Super Bowl appearance, the most by any head coach.

"The players played great, played smart, took care of the ball and played great defence. We held (the Steelers) to nine points for 50 minutes, that's pretty good."

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