Once you’re a football player, you’re a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It’s hard to get rid of when you can’t play anymore.
Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they’re coming to some conclusions.
I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen?
And sure, there’s a universe where I made a bonehead call that blew the Super Bowl. But that’s not my universe.
You’re either competing or you’re not.
Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.
So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.
Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in.
Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know whats going to happen next.
At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.
We’re not going to do anything different for this game since we’re not treating this game any different than another game. Every game is a championship game for us, so we’ll treat this one, the last one and the next one exactly the same. And that goes for our practices leading up to it as well.
I will always be interested in the truth, yeah.
I can’t ask the offense to score slower.
I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.
We live in a world that needs entertainment. And that entertainment has to be provided by men who sweat and bleed.
I just don’t feel like you can have enough speed pass rushers on your club.
He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.
The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.
I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.
Each nanosecond of history branches off into an infinite amount of parallel universes.