Curtis Martin
Curtis Martin
Curtis James Martin Jr.is a former American football running back who played in the National Football Leaguefor the New England Patriots and New York Jets over the span of 10 years. Martin began his professional career with the Patriots, who selected him in the third round of the 1995 NFL Draft. As a free agent in 1998, he joined the Jets where he finished his career in 2006 due to a career-ending knee injury. He retired having amassed the fourth...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 May 1973
CityPittsburgh, PA
beat embrace role whatever
I could embrace that fully. Just like I told LaMont, 'I want you to beat me out, but you're going to have to beat me out.' ... I'll play whatever role I have to.
shoulder
If his shoulder comes back healthy. I would like to see if it does.
certain decision envision future walk
No. Because a person makes a certain decision for their future, you can't walk in their shoes. You don't know what they're thinking, how they see their future or how they envision themselves.
ashamed capable exactly played
It's embarrassing. I think we are all ashamed of the way we played today. There are no excuses. I don't know exactly what happened. We just didn't play the way we are capable of playing.
high stairs top
It's like 288 steps, and they are the steepest set of stairs you'll probably ever see in your life. You can't even see the top from the bottom. That's how high they are.
anxious bad begun belief decision felt hard leadership left matter prepare quietly resolve season taste team ugly
I wanted to resolve the matter quietly and never felt like it had to become an ugly situation. This was not a hard decision because of the belief I have in the leadership of this team and my teammates, and that I have in myself. I have already begun to prepare for the 2006 season and am anxious to get the bad taste that the season left me with.
anybody care chad
I will play with Chad any day, I don't care what anybody says.
year
It's been very tough. This has been one of my more challenging if not my most challenging year physically.
believe reality nfl
I'm definitely going to bounce back, I don't doubt that one bit. The thing about this is you have to expect that when you're a back my age. You can't feel slighted if someone says that because it's a reality that it's abnormal for a guy my age to still be starting in the NFL. I can accept that. I still understand what the truth is to me, and that's what I believe. I don't really care what people say.