Junior Seau
Junior Seau
Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau Jr.was a linebacker in the National Football League. Known for his passionate playing style, he was a 10-time All-Pro, 12-time Pro Bowl selection, and named to the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. He was elected posthumously to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth19 January 1969
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
career course football hope national situation three whenever
Whenever you get in that situation in the course of a game, you hope to get one tackle. To make three tackles is a career in the National Football League.
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I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the outside. The middle linebacker always has been known as kind of a big plugger. Outside guys are known to be able to run. I just try to make big plays wherever I am.
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Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterback that's going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that's not political.
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It just cramped up, and I didn't want to risk anything.
stories waste wasting-time
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back.
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I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.
failing mediocre not-afraid
I'm not afraid to fail. I'm afraid to be mediocre.
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To chase an athlete that really doesn't want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words and you have to write a story based on three words of information he gave you, that's pretty tough.
bed daddy kids night please prayer putting
When you're putting your kids to bed and their prayer at night is 'God, please let Daddy win, sometime,' you know it's getting bad.
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I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders, they make the calls. It didn't work out because I didn't have the arm. I also played wide receiver my senior year in high school.
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I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.
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There's a window in my life which is football. I try to remember that it's not going to be there forever. That's why staying humble is important; knowing who I am and the message I'm sending out. I always try to be a person first, before I'm No. 55 on the football field.
I'm living proof that you can make it out of the ghetto.
boys club girls taught
The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.