I know this means a lot to my family because they always wanted me to have something they never had. They wanted me to have an opportunity to fulfill my dreams, so they're happy that I'm here and finally getting a chance to play pro football. |
I know we are going to face a different team to what we saw last week. They will have a lot of determination to put things right. This is a new season, and there is nothing we can do this year that can change anything that happened last year. |
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I made it. There's a lot of people from the Dominican Republic that don't get this chance. Maybe a couple of guys will play baseball in the major leagues. Not a lot of people get to play football. With this sport I can take care of my family. |
I mean, I could go ahead and cut my head off in the guillotine, and it looks great, ... Well, now you turn on CNN and guys are really getting their heads cut off. ... As insane as our fantasy world gets, it's nowhere near as scary as reality. |
I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn 'til dusk, unless it's a pigeon, which isn't really wild, which might come and settle near them. |
I never intended to stay in New Orleans, ... [But] along the way, New Orleans was really good to me. We were the only pro team in town. We weren't too good, but the fans were passionate about the Saints and extremely good to me and my family. |
I noticed the same thing you noticed. I told him and I have told all of our players -- nothing is given. You earn your minutes. You earn what you get. What we're going to do is put guys on the floor that are going to compete on a daily basis. |
I now know that my brother can rest in peace, and now there is closure to the loss of my brother, Donnie Robbins. I will always have my memories, and no one can take them away from me. I loved him and always will. Now the family can go forth. |
I played the remaining four holes nicely this morning and then started my second round well with two birdies on the second and third holes. My bogeys on nine and 10 were results of missing the greens due to miscalculation and over-aggression. |
I probably will not sleep tonight. It's almost guaranteed I won't sleep. I can't wait. You don't understand. The last time I threw in a game was [October], and I didn't get an out. So I'll go up against some eighth graders if they want me to. |
I really challenged our guys in the locker room before the game, especially our seniors. Beckham did an outstanding job of talking to the guys in the locker room, and getting them motivated a little bit, and it was the difference in the game. |
I really don't think about [stuff] like that. I thought about trying to get over here -- I was even worried when I got here and I realized that I had on a black suit. Hell, I'm just trying to coach today. I'm glad I didn't have on a gold tie. |
I really like it. I was a little skeptical the way we were doing it here and putting everything on the replay official in the box. But they've done a nice job if they thought that something might be incorrect of stopping it and taking a look. |
I really respect the way they play. They share the ball, and when your best two guys do it, it becomes contagious. If you're a good passing team, you have an advantage on a lot of teams. B.C. gets you every time you make a mistake on defense. |