Alan Faneca
Alan Faneca
Alan Joseph Fanecais a former professional American football player who was a guard in the National Football Leaguefor thirteen seasons. He played college football for Louisiana State University, and earned consensus All-America honors. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Steelers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. An eight-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Faneca won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1976
came game gave next wiped
He wiped it completely off and put the next game up there, and that was it. We came in one day, and it was all gone, and he gave the 'One Game at a Time' speech.
choked definitely league means shot
He had me choked up a little bit, it means so much to him, to be in the league this long, - to give him a shot like this, it definitely means something.
crowd deal focus good job noise sure tough weeks
He did a really good job of making sure we were focused, making sure we had good weeks of practice, making it tough on us. You have to focus more on the road, where things don't come as easily, where you have the crowd noise to deal with.
exactly remember
I can't really remember exactly what I said. But everyone has told me what I said.
anybody deserves everybody identity locker maintained means room special team
What Jerome means to everybody in that locker room is something special and I think what he means to the organization is something special. If anybody in this organization, team or locker room deserves it, he does because of what he means to us and what he has maintained as the identity of this organization for so long.
others perform pull weight willing
You got to perform to be a leader. You have to. You can't really say much when you're not really doing it yourself. You got to pull your own weight and show what you're willing to do to get others to follow.
chips couch eat meals pounds prepared sit three time work
Right now, I eat three meals a day and take three meal-replacement shakes. But I also put a lot of time in to working out. You can't sit around on your couch and eat chips and think you're going to be 300 pounds and in shape. If you're going to be big, you better be prepared to work at it, too.
business sitting trying
We're just going about business and doing things. We're not sitting on where we are. We're trying to improve.
expect maybe open people run thinking trying
People don't really expect that from us. They know we're trying to get the run going. Maybe they're thinking that a little too much. We're able to open up a little bit.
aware corner hold longer might teams
Teams are aware of his speed. They might have to hold the corner longer than if Jerome was in there.
kid work
Exciting? No, it's not exciting. Do you want to go work with some little young kid who's just out of college?
backs create goes hit personal personnel teams trying
They're trying to create seams, create that little hole, and their backs are trying to read it and hit it. That's their scheme. It goes to personnel and schemes. We counter-block a little more than some teams do. It's a personal preference.
definitely good light shed
Any light shed on it is definitely going to be good light.
anybody bombarded deal endless fortunate goes prepared seems super teams ton
This can get to anybody if you let it, because it seems to be endless and you get bombarded from all sides. But it goes with the territory, and if you are one of the two teams fortunate enough to make it to the Super Bowl, you had better be prepared to deal with a ton of distractions.