Bob Sanders
Bob Sanders
Demond "Bob" Sanders is a former professional American football player who was a safety in the National Football Leaguefor eight seasons. He played college football for the University of Iowa. Sanders was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's San Diego Chargers. He was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 and is known for being the integral part of the Colts' postseason defense...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth24 February 1981
CityErie, PA
thinking guy looks
I've made a few hits where I'll look up at the screen and be like, 'Oh my God.' Like it wasn't even me, like I just watched another guy kill this guy, and I don't even think that was me that made that hit.
jobs school done
They may say, 'He's small. We really don't know if he can get the job done.' But they said that about me coming out of high school.
pain lying team
Either you can lie down or you can stand up and say, 'I'm going to be a man about it, go out and deal with the pain and help my team win.'
team guy lines
I want to be one of the top guys in the back end and make sure I keep our team in line and doing the right things in front of me.
hurt giving-up goal
If you hit somebody hard enough, they will give up. You can feel their body go limp and they'll just surrender. So every time I hit somebody, the goal is to knock myself out. I know that if I hit somebody hard enough that I can feel it, it's hurting them 10 times worse.
gave helps last pressure problems stopping year
He's getting a lot of pressure in the backfield, stopping a lot of runs. That helps so much. One of our big problems last year was we gave up too many big runs.
afraid against body matter putting tackle win
I got into it that I'm going to win every time. It doesn't matter the size, height, weight, whatever. I really don't care. I'm not afraid of going in there, putting my body in there and making a tackle against a big guy.
almost arm crazy great hard lower runs size stop sure
He's a big back who runs hard and he has great feet. You just have to make sure you get lower than he does and run through him, don't stop your feet. You don't want to try to arm-tackle him, because he runs through arm tackles like they're nothing. It's almost not fair, him having that size and those feet. It's a crazy thing.
depends hit hurting hurts realized somebody time
I always thought that if I didn't feel it, the other person was hurting more. But I've realized over time that if I hit somebody and it hurts me, it hurts them even more. It depends on the way I feel.
great physical
We want to get better and more physical each week. They play physical and they've got great players. But this is all about us. We want to do what we do.
excited guys help level top
We were excited to see the guys from the top take it to another level and get a guy that can really help us.
coach easy everybody figured knows wants
Everybody knows and understands what Coach Dungy wants out of the defense. Once we figured it out, it was easy for us to go out and play fast, play hard.
coach easy everybody figured talked team wants
We talked about being fast, about being physical. Everyone on our team is fast. Everyone on our team is physical. ... Everybody understands what coach Dungy wants out of the defense. Once we figured it out, it was easy for us to go out and play fast, play hard.
continue great job win
Peyton, he can't win it himself. I think Peyton's done a great job with us and he'll continue to get better.