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Keylan Rutledge on playing center: “Center I’m so comfortable with it. Coach Key always told me you’re gunna have to play all 3 at the next level. I was the emergency guy Senior year. And going to the Senior Bowl, taking snaps, reps there. 100% confident that I can... show more

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LegendsDntDie5 months ago

@McClain_on_NFL I need footage of CJ and Rutledge working on that snap Cause who was snapping in the playoffs cooked us

EvansOnSports5 months ago

As a pats fan you guys got an absolute beast! He is all about football and nothing else💪

Houston Stressans5 months ago

🙏🫡

The Last Born Sons5 months ago

@Clay_HTXSports I think the private workout he had was the Cole was to get a better look at him at center. Plus with what Nick said… All signs point to him playing Center for us.

Mauricio Rios5 months ago

I hope that this is the lineman Caserio finally gets right in the draft . I’m traumatized

The Obfuscator5 months ago

They thought Juice Scruggs could move from guard to center too......

Houston Stressans5 months ago

Nowhere near the same style of player. He’s a zone scheme guy

The Obfuscator5 months ago

Let's hope that's the case - regardless of the scheme, the same things were being said about Scruggs taken in the 2nd round.

Houston Stressans5 months ago

Blindly comparing two players based on center guard flexibility isn’t the best logic imo

The Obfuscator5 months ago

That's why cautious optimism is better than celebrating.

Houston Stressans5 months ago

I don’t know that I’d call your comment cautious optimism

The Obfuscator5 months ago

Well the comment may not show it but that's my approach :)

Houston Stressans5 months ago

Ha fair!

Clayton Elkins 🪬5 months ago

"Just reps." I can see that quote having some legs.

JUBU5 months ago

Every interview and clip I've heard from him has a very good mentality and attitude. Plus we got some nice vets to give him pointers and help him adjust quickly. Him and Ersery I think are going to be great for the future of our line.

landon | HOUTOPIA 🐂5 months ago

BLESSAN 🙏- Who do you think the Texans are taking next?

Draedyn5 months ago

@Clay_HTXSports Jake Andrews off my starting line

GR$Tylo🌪💥5 months ago

You can hear the IQ , dawg

Skip Johannson5 months ago

Boom!

Jason Salas5 months ago

@McClain_on_NFL @espn975 there you go.

Ernest Thumann5 months ago

@NessPKFlash

“Radar”5 months ago

So if he goes to center…who fills the other guard spot

Your Fav Sports Bettor’s Fav Sports Bettor5 months ago

This kid is gonna be the leader of that oline Complete dog plus he's smart unselfish and physical. Huge key to the success of GTech's run game and recent revival

IceInMyVeins 🗡️5 months ago

Hell ya

Robert Nolen5 months ago

Protection calls for the OL is a biggie as well.

Tim From Katy5 months ago

How many times have we heard "flexibility" on the o-line. Why not just draft an actual center?

₱Ɇ₵Ø₴ⱤØ฿5 months ago

can't wait for the season to start

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Keylan Rutledge on playing center for Houston: “I’m very confident in playing anywhere up there, wherever they need me to play I’ll play.” He said Coach Key at Georgia Tech prepared him well for the position during practice.

Keylan Rutledge on playing center for Houston: “I’m very confident in playing anywhere up there, wherever they need me to play I’ll play.” He said Coach Key at Georgia Tech prepared him well for the position during practice.

Jacob

28,095 views • 5 months ago

yall told me to not wear shoes, push through my heels, and don’t let the slider bang at the bottom so I did that and MAN these reps HURT. I’m confident I can do more next time but you can tell by my breath at the end I was fighting DEMONS 😂

yall told me to not wear shoes, push through my heels, and don’t let the slider bang at the bottom so I did that and MAN these reps HURT. I’m confident I can do more next time but you can tell by my breath at the end I was fighting DEMONS 😂

imjustkey

71,240 views • 3 months ago

Michael Strahan says his obsession with winning and becoming great actually robbed him of the joy of playing football "Man, enjoy it more. And I don’t mean enjoy it more like go out, hit the clubs and do all that stuff. I did enough of that stuff. It was more enjoy the success and enjoy the process." "I was obsessed, man, with winning. I was obsessed with being great. I was obsessed with football. And at times, I didn’t enjoy it because the second the season’s over, guys go here for the offseason, go there for the offseason, do this, do that. I’m sitting up here thinking about, okay, what I got to do to get better?" "Like, it was always the next workout, the next this and the next that. It was never, oh yeah, I’m allowed to take a vacation. I’m allowed to enjoy it. It was always about the next thing. And so I kind of look and think that sucked some of the joy out of it." "And also, I used to worry so much about, I know I’m ready. Is this guy ready? Is that guy ready? This guy, he can’t be running around too much. He really only got so much time left. Until the most fun and success I had was at the end of my career when I said, you know what? I realized the only thing I can do is worry about myself and try to be an example." "Practice hard. Thirty-six years old and they throw the ball, I’m running down the field. Scout team? Oh, I’ll take some of these reps. Or when it’s my reps, I’m not saying, you don’t care, you’re getting there today. No, no, no. I show up every day and I’m ready." "And that was a better experience for me. I had the most fun of my career my last year when I didn’t care about sacks, didn’t care about Pro Bowls. I didn’t care about winning, right? I was like, I know it’s probably my last year. I’m just going to enjoy being around the guys, man. Ended up being the best year in every sense of the word."

Michael Strahan says his obsession with winning and becoming great actually robbed him of the joy of playing football "Man, enjoy it more. And I don’t mean enjoy it more like go out, hit the clubs and do all that stuff. I did enough of that stuff. It was more enjoy the success and enjoy the process." "I was obsessed, man, with winning. I was obsessed with being great. I was obsessed with football. And at times, I didn’t enjoy it because the second the season’s over, guys go here for the offseason, go there for the offseason, do this, do that. I’m sitting up here thinking about, okay, what I got to do to get better?" "Like, it was always the next workout, the next this and the next that. It was never, oh yeah, I’m allowed to take a vacation. I’m allowed to enjoy it. It was always about the next thing. And so I kind of look and think that sucked some of the joy out of it." "And also, I used to worry so much about, I know I’m ready. Is this guy ready? Is that guy ready? This guy, he can’t be running around too much. He really only got so much time left. Until the most fun and success I had was at the end of my career when I said, you know what? I realized the only thing I can do is worry about myself and try to be an example." "Practice hard. Thirty-six years old and they throw the ball, I’m running down the field. Scout team? Oh, I’ll take some of these reps. Or when it’s my reps, I’m not saying, you don’t care, you’re getting there today. No, no, no. I show up every day and I’m ready." "And that was a better experience for me. I had the most fun of my career my last year when I didn’t care about sacks, didn’t care about Pro Bowls. I didn’t care about winning, right? I was like, I know it’s probably my last year. I’m just going to enjoy being around the guys, man. Ended up being the best year in every sense of the word."

Josh Chambers

19,366 views • 14 days ago

Von Miller says his Super Bowl MVP performance happened because he stopped playing for himself “At that moment in time, I wasn’t playing for myself. When you’re doing stuff for somebody else, whether it’s mom, dad, son, teammate, girlfriend, wife, when you’re trying to do something for somebody else, it’s just that extra added level of motivation. Like, I’m not going to let this person down.” “If it was just me, you know what? Next time I’ll do it. But at that moment in time, it was Peyton Manning’s last leg, Wade Phillips’ last leg, DeMarcus was close to his last leg, and I really wanted to win a championship for those guys. It was never about me.” “I was young enough. I’m thinking I’m always going to have an opportunity to win a Super Bowl. But this one right here, I have to do it for them. That mindset of looking outside of myself, thinking I have to do it for somebody else, it brought that out of me.” “I knew no matter what, I’m going to do it for my guys. When you’re doing it for somebody else, you’re going to remember that play. You’re going to work hard. You’re going to run to the ball.” “When you make that promise to your brothers, there was no way that I was going to fail if I’m doing it for somebody else.”

Von Miller says his Super Bowl MVP performance happened because he stopped playing for himself “At that moment in time, I wasn’t playing for myself. When you’re doing stuff for somebody else, whether it’s mom, dad, son, teammate, girlfriend, wife, when you’re trying to do something for somebody else, it’s just that extra added level of motivation. Like, I’m not going to let this person down.” “If it was just me, you know what? Next time I’ll do it. But at that moment in time, it was Peyton Manning’s last leg, Wade Phillips’ last leg, DeMarcus was close to his last leg, and I really wanted to win a championship for those guys. It was never about me.” “I was young enough. I’m thinking I’m always going to have an opportunity to win a Super Bowl. But this one right here, I have to do it for them. That mindset of looking outside of myself, thinking I have to do it for somebody else, it brought that out of me.” “I knew no matter what, I’m going to do it for my guys. When you’re doing it for somebody else, you’re going to remember that play. You’re going to work hard. You’re going to run to the ball.” “When you make that promise to your brothers, there was no way that I was going to fail if I’m doing it for somebody else.”

Josh Chambers

13,739 views • 1 month ago

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn’t playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied, “Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don’t worry about what you’re doing.” Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you’re going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.” And then he recommended that Brady meet Greg Harden, a counselor who worked in the athletic department. Brady went to Harden’s office and whined, “I’m never going to get my chance. They’re only giving me 2 reps.” Harden replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.” “So that’s what I did,” Brady said. “They’d put me in for those 2 reps, man, I’d sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. ‘Let’s go boys! Here we go! What play we got?’” “And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.” Soon, he was getting 4 reps. Then 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, “with this new mindset that Greg had instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you’re getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it’s the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.” Takeaway 1: Greg Harden telling Brady to focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban. “People come to me all the time and tell me they’re stuck,” Cuban explained. “They’re stuck in a job they don't like. They’re stuck working for a boss they don’t like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.” “I just tell them, ‘Be great.’” “The reality of life is that you can’t just always quit your job. You can’t just always go to your boss and say, ‘Give me the promotion, or I’m out of here.’” You can’t just always go to your coach and say, ‘Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.’ “So when you’re stuck, you’ve gotta find it within yourself to say, ‘Ok, this is where I am. And if I’m going to be here, I’m going to be great.’ Because if you’re great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.” Takeaway 2: In the field of strategic management, there is a distinction made between “lead measures” and “lag measures.” Lag measures are the results you’re trying to achieve: getting a promotion, winning a championship, being the starting quarterback. Lead measures are the actions that predictably drive those results. The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” write, is that “a lead measure can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they write (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), “apply a disproportionate energy” to the things that are in your control. Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did. After he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?” Brady said he was aware of that, “and I know he’s a heck of a player. But I’ve always concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.” - - - “I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It didn’t. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn’t playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied, “Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don’t worry about what you’re doing.” Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you’re going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.” And then he recommended that Brady meet Greg Harden, a counselor who worked in the athletic department. Brady went to Harden’s office and whined, “I’m never going to get my chance. They’re only giving me 2 reps.” Harden replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.” “So that’s what I did,” Brady said. “They’d put me in for those 2 reps, man, I’d sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. ‘Let’s go boys! Here we go! What play we got?’” “And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.” Soon, he was getting 4 reps. Then 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, “with this new mindset that Greg had instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you’re getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it’s the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.” Takeaway 1: Greg Harden telling Brady to focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban. “People come to me all the time and tell me they’re stuck,” Cuban explained. “They’re stuck in a job they don't like. They’re stuck working for a boss they don’t like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.” “I just tell them, ‘Be great.’” “The reality of life is that you can’t just always quit your job. You can’t just always go to your boss and say, ‘Give me the promotion, or I’m out of here.’” You can’t just always go to your coach and say, ‘Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.’ “So when you’re stuck, you’ve gotta find it within yourself to say, ‘Ok, this is where I am. And if I’m going to be here, I’m going to be great.’ Because if you’re great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.” Takeaway 2: In the field of strategic management, there is a distinction made between “lead measures” and “lag measures.” Lag measures are the results you’re trying to achieve: getting a promotion, winning a championship, being the starting quarterback. Lead measures are the actions that predictably drive those results. The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” write, is that “a lead measure can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they write (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), “apply a disproportionate energy” to the things that are in your control. Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did. After he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?” Brady said he was aware of that, “and I know he’s a heck of a player. But I’ve always concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.” - - - “I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It didn’t. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

Billy Oppenheimer

1,356,533 views • 1 year ago

Colton McKivitz on not reaching his offseason goal of making the Pro Bowl: “Yeah, if I only had to play six games again, maybe I’d make a Pro Bowl. But no, I mean, that’s what it is. Me and Trent Williams even talked about it. Like, you know, now that you’re putting on tape what a Pro Bowl looks like, usually the next year you get it. So, but it’s always been, the award’s great. But that was just part of the main goal. Like I said, that was my North Star. So the level of how I feel I played this year and obviously it didn’t come with the accolade, but I think a lot of people know that, that was an accolade I could have or should have gotten. But, you know, I know there's a lot of things that are in the future for me anyways. But definitely I think I’m playing at that level and people are seeing that.” via: 49ers on NBCS

Colton McKivitz on not reaching his offseason goal of making the Pro Bowl: “Yeah, if I only had to play six games again, maybe I’d make a Pro Bowl. But no, I mean, that’s what it is. Me and Trent Williams even talked about it. Like, you know, now that you’re putting on tape what a Pro Bowl looks like, usually the next year you get it. So, but it’s always been, the award’s great. But that was just part of the main goal. Like I said, that was my North Star. So the level of how I feel I played this year and obviously it didn’t come with the accolade, but I think a lot of people know that, that was an accolade I could have or should have gotten. But, you know, I know there's a lot of things that are in the future for me anyways. But definitely I think I’m playing at that level and people are seeing that.” via: 49ers on NBCS

Coach Yac 🗣

91,280 views • 9 months ago

Keylan Rutledge on CJ Stroud: “He can dice it up out there. I watched him early in my career when he was at Ohio state, just dealing out there, he’s a baller. He’s one that I want to go out there & compete for everyday. I want to do anything to keep that guy upright, keep him protected. And the run game, let’s go run the ball so it can be easier for him to dice it up out there.”

Keylan Rutledge on CJ Stroud: “He can dice it up out there. I watched him early in my career when he was at Ohio state, just dealing out there, he’s a baller. He’s one that I want to go out there & compete for everyday. I want to do anything to keep that guy upright, keep him protected. And the run game, let’s go run the ball so it can be easier for him to dice it up out there.”

Houston Stressans

18,329 views • 5 months ago

Mac Jones on eventually becoming a starter again: “I know that I can play higher than just being on the team. I can be a starter and this year if I’m going to be a backup, that’s great. You’re judged on what you do when you’re out there. Whether you’re a backup or starter, it doesn’t matter. Whatever you put on tape is on tape. This offseason was tough a little bit because you’re gathering all those thoughts and trying to stay locked in… I know I can play and I do want to get that chance again to run a team and be that guy.” 🎥: Bussin' With The Boys

Mac Jones on eventually becoming a starter again: “I know that I can play higher than just being on the team. I can be a starter and this year if I’m going to be a backup, that’s great. You’re judged on what you do when you’re out there. Whether you’re a backup or starter, it doesn’t matter. Whatever you put on tape is on tape. This offseason was tough a little bit because you’re gathering all those thoughts and trying to stay locked in… I know I can play and I do want to get that chance again to run a team and be that guy.” 🎥: Bussin' With The Boys

Coach Yac 🗣

165,318 views • 3 months ago

12 Reps or higher. 6 reps won't cut it. Legs have always responded to higher rep range. Even now at 50, always 12 or more reps. I see guys at the gym going so heavy that they only get 6 reps. Lower extremities are an endurance muscle.

12 Reps or higher. 6 reps won't cut it. Legs have always responded to higher rep range. Even now at 50, always 12 or more reps. I see guys at the gym going so heavy that they only get 6 reps. Lower extremities are an endurance muscle.

Troy Brown

57,364 views • 18 days ago

Von Miller reveals after Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman suspended him, he packed everything he owned into his truck and started driving to Florida to transfer, when he called his he dad told him not to quit, so he turned around and led the nation with 17.5 sacks the next season “I had everything I owned in this blanket, and I went to my car. I threw it in the back and I’m driving home. I called my daddy. I’m like, ‘Daddy, man, I’m leaving. Coach Sherman kicked me off the team. I ain’t coming back until I do this and that.’” “I’m thinking my dad is going, ‘All right, we’re going to find something else.’ He said, ‘Pull that truck over, turn around, and go back to school. You’re not quitting.’” “I was like, ‘That was not the answer I was looking for.’ He was like, ‘You’re not just about to quit when it gets hard. You’re going to turn that truck back around. You’re going to go back to school and you’re going to fix it.’” “I had tears going down my face. I was like, ‘Man, this is going to be so hard to fix all of this.’ I turned around. We had a meeting. Coach Sherman told my dad the exact same thing that he told me, and my dad agreed with Coach Sherman.” “There was nowhere I could go. I just had to face the music. I had to face the truth. That spring was a hard one, but I got my grades up. I made it to all my classes. I went through the checklist of everything Coach Sherman wanted me to do.” “That following year, my junior year, was the best year that I had up until that day. I led the nation in sacks. I had 17 and a half sacks. My life had totally changed. That was all a testament to running straight through the storm. The shortest way through the storm is straight. I put my head down and I worked, and my life totally changed that offseason.”

Von Miller reveals after Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman suspended him, he packed everything he owned into his truck and started driving to Florida to transfer, when he called his he dad told him not to quit, so he turned around and led the nation with 17.5 sacks the next season “I had everything I owned in this blanket, and I went to my car. I threw it in the back and I’m driving home. I called my daddy. I’m like, ‘Daddy, man, I’m leaving. Coach Sherman kicked me off the team. I ain’t coming back until I do this and that.’” “I’m thinking my dad is going, ‘All right, we’re going to find something else.’ He said, ‘Pull that truck over, turn around, and go back to school. You’re not quitting.’” “I was like, ‘That was not the answer I was looking for.’ He was like, ‘You’re not just about to quit when it gets hard. You’re going to turn that truck back around. You’re going to go back to school and you’re going to fix it.’” “I had tears going down my face. I was like, ‘Man, this is going to be so hard to fix all of this.’ I turned around. We had a meeting. Coach Sherman told my dad the exact same thing that he told me, and my dad agreed with Coach Sherman.” “There was nowhere I could go. I just had to face the music. I had to face the truth. That spring was a hard one, but I got my grades up. I made it to all my classes. I went through the checklist of everything Coach Sherman wanted me to do.” “That following year, my junior year, was the best year that I had up until that day. I led the nation in sacks. I had 17 and a half sacks. My life had totally changed. That was all a testament to running straight through the storm. The shortest way through the storm is straight. I put my head down and I worked, and my life totally changed that offseason.”

Josh Chambers

3,961,644 views • 1 month ago

Alabama Defensive Lineman Tim Keenan III on what his mission is this week at the Senior Bowl: “I’m a leader on and off the field. My versatility stands out and I can be the coach on the field.” Keenan III also mentions several key defenders that Crimson Tide fans should be watching next year.

Alabama Defensive Lineman Tim Keenan III on what his mission is this week at the Senior Bowl: “I’m a leader on and off the field. My versatility stands out and I can be the coach on the field.” Keenan III also mentions several key defenders that Crimson Tide fans should be watching next year.

Larry Rudolph

10,342 views • 8 months ago

I asked Madina Okot about how playing under Coach Dawn Staley prepared her for the next level: “She [Dawn] really taught me a lot — one thing that really stood out to me was just — the challenges are going to be there, but it depends on how you’re going to handle them…”

I asked Madina Okot about how playing under Coach Dawn Staley prepared her for the next level: “She [Dawn] really taught me a lot — one thing that really stood out to me was just — the challenges are going to be there, but it depends on how you’re going to handle them…”

Nia Symone

26,408 views • 5 months ago

Rob Gronkowski says Tom Brady told him he would never throw him the ball again after he ran the wrong route during practice his rookie year “I didn’t really like him my rookie year. He was just getting on my case nonstop, and it was kind of mind fucking me so much that I couldn’t be myself out there sometimes. I couldn’t run the right route because I was just thinking so much. There was just so much on the plate at first. I got a coach telling me to do this, I got Tom telling me to do this, and then finally, you just figure it out and it all clicks” “It took me about halfway through my rookie year, and then obviously, going into my second year, it clicked to a whole other level. We went for 21 touchdowns total, including the playoffs. But my rookie year, he was on my case. I remember I ran a flag route, and I ran inside the guy instead of getting outside of him. He flipped out on me in the meeting after practice and told me he’s never going to throw me the ball again” “I got butt hurt and Alge Crumpler saw it too. He just tapped on my thigh. He was like, ‘Yo, Gronk, don’t worry about that. Tom’s just being Tom. Keep doing you.’ Then it kind of put a fire under my ass. That’s what Tom was so great at doing. I didn’t really realize that’s what he was doing either. He was just trying to get the best out of you, and it lit a fire under my ass” “Then I just wanted to prove Tom wrong. Like, ‘All right, I’m going to run this flag route every time now, and you’re never going to throw me the ball, but I’m going to be open by five yards, and you’re going to look like the idiot now.’ That happened, and then he threw me the ball about 600 more times from there on out”

Rob Gronkowski says Tom Brady told him he would never throw him the ball again after he ran the wrong route during practice his rookie year “I didn’t really like him my rookie year. He was just getting on my case nonstop, and it was kind of mind fucking me so much that I couldn’t be myself out there sometimes. I couldn’t run the right route because I was just thinking so much. There was just so much on the plate at first. I got a coach telling me to do this, I got Tom telling me to do this, and then finally, you just figure it out and it all clicks” “It took me about halfway through my rookie year, and then obviously, going into my second year, it clicked to a whole other level. We went for 21 touchdowns total, including the playoffs. But my rookie year, he was on my case. I remember I ran a flag route, and I ran inside the guy instead of getting outside of him. He flipped out on me in the meeting after practice and told me he’s never going to throw me the ball again” “I got butt hurt and Alge Crumpler saw it too. He just tapped on my thigh. He was like, ‘Yo, Gronk, don’t worry about that. Tom’s just being Tom. Keep doing you.’ Then it kind of put a fire under my ass. That’s what Tom was so great at doing. I didn’t really realize that’s what he was doing either. He was just trying to get the best out of you, and it lit a fire under my ass” “Then I just wanted to prove Tom wrong. Like, ‘All right, I’m going to run this flag route every time now, and you’re never going to throw me the ball, but I’m going to be open by five yards, and you’re going to look like the idiot now.’ That happened, and then he threw me the ball about 600 more times from there on out”

dank

182,146 views • 1 month ago

Ben Folds on the Kennedy Center 3 weeks ago: I was sick to my stomach when I quit because I knew they were going to run it into the ground. No one that they were appointing had any experience in arts administration, but that was never the point. The point was to take that, run over it, and move on. So it’s rotting over next to the Potomac in the moment. And it’s just sad.

Ben Folds on the Kennedy Center 3 weeks ago: I was sick to my stomach when I quit because I knew they were going to run it into the ground. No one that they were appointing had any experience in arts administration, but that was never the point. The point was to take that, run over it, and move on. So it’s rotting over next to the Potomac in the moment. And it’s just sad.

Acyn

861,857 views • 8 months ago

Luke Kuechly says he knew it was time to retire from the NFL because he was no longer 100% mentally committed to hitting players at full force “I used to just go smack dudes and have no issues. And I would go hit a guy and I’m like, ‘Yeah, that didn’t really feel great.’ And so then, once you make the decision in your mind, I’m not all the way in it… like the last game of the year, I was like, ‘I’m done. I’m done’” “I just remember after that game, I was like, ‘Yeah, you don’t got it anymore. You don’t have it.’ I would've been fine if I physically slowed down. Can’t run as well, not as fast, maybe I’m not as physical. Maybe I don’t have the same fire. I would have been fine with that and I would have probably milked it out a little bit more” “Once I knew it was my head, mentally, it’s either yes or no. If you slow down, physically, you can still play football hard, play it fast and play with great effort. But once I knew mentally, it’s not any of that, I couldn’t rationalize. I can’t play as hard as I want to. My effort’s not going to be there. I can’t be as physical. It’s not fair to the guys on the team, and it’s not fair to the coaches, and it’s not fair to the fans and myself and my family for me to go out there at mentally 75%’” “If I got to thump a guard and push a guy back to Shaq to make a play, and I’m like, ‘Eh,’ and I get widened, and then the tackle is really hard on Shaq. That’s not fair to Shaq. For me to know, especially mentally, the reason why I’m not stuffing that guy. I didn’t take him on, I didn’t hit him how I should've. I couldn’t do that”

Luke Kuechly says he knew it was time to retire from the NFL because he was no longer 100% mentally committed to hitting players at full force “I used to just go smack dudes and have no issues. And I would go hit a guy and I’m like, ‘Yeah, that didn’t really feel great.’ And so then, once you make the decision in your mind, I’m not all the way in it… like the last game of the year, I was like, ‘I’m done. I’m done’” “I just remember after that game, I was like, ‘Yeah, you don’t got it anymore. You don’t have it.’ I would've been fine if I physically slowed down. Can’t run as well, not as fast, maybe I’m not as physical. Maybe I don’t have the same fire. I would have been fine with that and I would have probably milked it out a little bit more” “Once I knew it was my head, mentally, it’s either yes or no. If you slow down, physically, you can still play football hard, play it fast and play with great effort. But once I knew mentally, it’s not any of that, I couldn’t rationalize. I can’t play as hard as I want to. My effort’s not going to be there. I can’t be as physical. It’s not fair to the guys on the team, and it’s not fair to the coaches, and it’s not fair to the fans and myself and my family for me to go out there at mentally 75%’” “If I got to thump a guard and push a guy back to Shaq to make a play, and I’m like, ‘Eh,’ and I get widened, and then the tackle is really hard on Shaq. That’s not fair to Shaq. For me to know, especially mentally, the reason why I’m not stuffing that guy. I didn’t take him on, I didn’t hit him how I should've. I couldn’t do that”

dank

1,066,259 views • 1 month ago

Celtics center Mitchell Robinson on this upcoming season with the Celtics: “Right now, I’m just so confident in myself. I feel like this is going to be a great year for me.”

Celtics center Mitchell Robinson on this upcoming season with the Celtics: “Right now, I’m just so confident in myself. I feel like this is going to be a great year for me.”

Legion Hoops

130,351 views • 23 days ago

Kevin Durant says he wears No. 35 to honor his late childhood coach “Charles Craig. That was my first coach when I was about eight years old. I started playing at this rec center down the street from my house. He took a liking to me because of my size and how quick I was to get up the court at my size. So he just started working with me from like 8 to 12 he was my coach” “The neighborhood got into some stuff one night. It escalated, and he got murdered at a barber shop probably when I was a junior in high school, just about to make my decision to go to college and make that next step. It was devastating. It was shocking for that to happen” “Periodically I think about it. I wish he could see all the stuff that I've done so far, but I always live with that number on me. That's why I wear that number, because he died at that age. So I try to keep something around that symbolizes what he meant to me” “It was a tough time, not just for me, because he coached a lot of my friends that went on to play outside of high school, and they wear the number too. It's kind of a connection that we all have coming from that rec center that he coached at. I just try to carry his name as much as I could. That's why I wear that number”

Kevin Durant says he wears No. 35 to honor his late childhood coach “Charles Craig. That was my first coach when I was about eight years old. I started playing at this rec center down the street from my house. He took a liking to me because of my size and how quick I was to get up the court at my size. So he just started working with me from like 8 to 12 he was my coach” “The neighborhood got into some stuff one night. It escalated, and he got murdered at a barber shop probably when I was a junior in high school, just about to make my decision to go to college and make that next step. It was devastating. It was shocking for that to happen” “Periodically I think about it. I wish he could see all the stuff that I've done so far, but I always live with that number on me. That's why I wear that number, because he died at that age. So I try to keep something around that symbolizes what he meant to me” “It was a tough time, not just for me, because he coached a lot of my friends that went on to play outside of high school, and they wear the number too. It's kind of a connection that we all have coming from that rec center that he coached at. I just try to carry his name as much as I could. That's why I wear that number”

dank

17,316 views • 2 months ago

Appreciate the apology from Will Cain. For any interview, you’re always told the general topics beforehand. I told my booker: tell me the topic, but no bait and switch. I’ve experienced that before on Fox, and I’m not interested in doing it again. I’m always willing to have a good, spirited back and forth with folks I agree with and folks I don’t. But it’s important that everyone is on the same page about what the general conversation is going to be. So again, I appreciate the apology. We can disagree, debate and even get a little heated without playing games.

Appreciate the apology from Will Cain. For any interview, you’re always told the general topics beforehand. I told my booker: tell me the topic, but no bait and switch. I’ve experienced that before on Fox, and I’m not interested in doing it again. I’m always willing to have a good, spirited back and forth with folks I agree with and folks I don’t. But it’s important that everyone is on the same page about what the general conversation is going to be. So again, I appreciate the apology. We can disagree, debate and even get a little heated without playing games.

Jaime Harrison

123,833 views • 1 month ago