Champ Bailey
Champ Bailey
Roland "Champ" Bailey Jr.is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played college football for Georgia, where he earned consensus All-American honors, and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth22 June 1978
CityFolkston, GA
afraid ball cross goal hoping knew
I was afraid that it went out of the end zone, but I really wasn't sure. All I knew was that he got me right before I got to the pylon, so I was hoping the ball didn't cross the goal line.
above ball balls catch far head keeps pick wrong
I can't go too far above my head because of it. It keeps me from going in the wrong direction. I can still catch balls and pick the ball off.
ball ground huge
You don't know how many times I look back and see the ball skipping on the ground because the quarterback is on his back. That makes a huge difference.
ball came gave guy looked signal
Right before the play started, we looked at each other, gave a little signal to 'in-and-out' those two guys. My guy came in, his guy went out. We switched. The ball came to me.
ball catch pick
I can still pick the ball up, catch the ball things like that. It's not too bad.
ball loved running staying
I loved staying under the heat. When it's cold, I love to see them running the ball and controlling the clock.
difference last special time
I think we have all our people, that's the difference this time around. If we have all of our players, which we didn't in the last two playoffs, we can do special things.
responding sports tough
I think we're tough when we do things like that. We were responding to some things they like to do. We're active.
emphasis everybody looking
I think all the emphasis has made it even more valuable, ... Everybody is looking for those players.
good shot spot
just a good shot right on the right spot in the rib cage.
believed nobody season
I said it before the season and I believed it. I said this was a championship-level team. We believed that, even if nobody else did.
blows knows respect whistle
I respect his game, but he knows when the whistle blows we'll go at each other's throats.
finally fortunate run throw year
We finally got a quarterback that didn't throw it away. We got to him. That's what we've been doing all year but we just had quarterbacks that just run out of there and throw it away. We hadn't been fortunate enough to get those sacks, but we got them today.
figured instead staying switched
We figured they'd try it again, and they did. Only this time, instead of staying with our men, we switched off.