After a few days of this stuff, you just want the game to start. You reach the point where everything that can be said has been said. |
Am I surprised? Yeah, because it was my first game against the Patriots and I played a lot. They send me a lot (in a blitzing role) and I'll just do the best I can. It's too bad that Kendrell's down ... but I think I'm ready mentally. |
Anytime Joey Porter comes back on any defense, it's going to be a positive. He's one of our leaders on defense. He comes to play every day. Some days you might be dragging, and you see No. 55 out there, and it picks you up. He plays with a high motor. He's just one of those guys who loves to play the game. |
Back in his day, he really loved Jack Tatum. My father talked to me about him a long time ago when I was playing safety. But I wasn't a big Raiders fan. |
Before he met me, he didn't have any tattoos. |
Crazy. My heart was pounding. |
He said all the meals will be on him when we get there. After the game he was so happy he kept saying 'yes, yes' to everything. |
He's been like that ever since he got here. It's something every good corner needs. You got to have that special way about you, and Ike definitely has that. |
He's like a teammate, really. |
He's our enforcer, ... That's just the way it is. |
He's our enforcer. That's just the way it is. |
I asked Willie about the nightlife, and he said wait until after the game to worry about stuff like that. He said he had a lot of fun there before, but ... his party went crashing down on Super Bowl Sunday. He doesn't want us to go through the same thing, and we're not going to. There's a lot to learn from him. |
I don't care if he is the fifth all-time leading rusher of the NFL ... No, seriously, 'Bus' deserves all the attention he's getting. He's one of my heroes, and for him to come home and play what may be his final game, that's really special. |
I don't know what I'm going to say to the students. But I'm sure I'll tell them to always stay positive and make the right decisions. |
I have to get mad. It has to be personal to me. It has me playing the best. Even my mother says it: 'If you're not out there jawing, you're not playing tough.' It motivates me getting into it with people. |