I knew it was going to be like that, ... What can I say? |
I know, I know. I understand why they did. It's about time we started getting things going. It happens. |
I never would have thought my Senior Day was going to come, |
I said, 'Man, I just don't see where I fit in here. His answer actually shocked me. He said, 'Well, Mike, whatever you do, I'll still be your boy. Do what you have to do and do what's best for you.' That reaction, that response, made me look at things in a different light. |
I tell them all the time, you have to make plays first before we'll get any respect from a secondary. |
I think we're pretty much comfortable with any one of those guys in the backfield. They've all stepped up and made big plays this preseason. We feel comfortable with any of those guys going. |
I told him he should have scored a touchdown. I told him he's got to get some lead in his butt a little bit and run some people over. |
I told myself that, Mike, you can overcome adversity on the field, ... In the past when things didn't go right, I started to hang my head and it was like a snowball effect. |
I try to have a smile on my face. But when I fumbled, I was out of it a little bit. |
I wouldn't say we work on ball control, ... It comes down to the game situation -- if we have a lead, what we want to do in a particular drive. Sometimes Coach Paterno will come over to me and say, 'If you get a chance to throw it deep, see if we can hit it.' |
I'm anxious to see what our young receivers can do, man-on-man coverage, because I know teams aren't going to respect us at first. |
I'm definitely enjoying it, ... But I haven't really sat back and thought about it. I'm very focused. All I'm thinking about is Northwestern. |
I'm definitely enjoying it. But I haven't really sat back and thought about it. I'm very focused. All I'm thinking about is Northwestern. |
I'm trying to stay focused on this game, focused on what we have to do. But this senior class has been through a lot. We've seen great seasons around here and we've seen a lot of bad seasons, some of the worst seasons in Penn State history. |
I've definitely shown that I'm a football player also. I can do other things. I can fill two or three roster spots with one person. |