LaVar Arrington
LaVar Arrington
LaVar RaShad Arringtonis a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football Leaguefor seven seasons. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 June 1978
CityPittsburgh, PA
talk
I didn't play. There ain't nothing to talk about.
catch chest head running watching
I'm watching film and I'm running with my chest up, my head back. ... That's not how you run and catch somebody.
biggest care eyes happy hitting painful red trying watching
You see it in my eyes? Red eyes? ... I was trying to get it done, man. I didn't care who was hitting me, what was happening. Fearless. I was just happy to be out there with the fellows. That was my biggest thing. It was just painful watching them out there fighting.
anyone bad besides capable continue given playing redskins rid
It's not a given that I'll continue playing if the Redskins get rid of me. I don't really want to play for anyone else. I don't feel bad about it. I've had my time. I'm capable of doing other things besides football.
head might mine rolling saw wish
I saw so many 56 jerseys in the stands. I was like, 'Man, I wish there was one on the field.' When I see all those jerseys and mine is one, I might have to put my head up and keep them (the tears) from rolling down. I might get a little emotional. It's been a long road.
attribute easily goes happiness life personal positives
I could easily be in different situations. I'm healthy. My personal life is wonderful. I attribute a lot of my happiness to my wife. We have discussions on what goes on here and on everything else. We always take the positives out of things.
aggressive defense fake game lose past run team
I think they thought we were going to be so aggressive that they'd be able to do a little fake here, a play-action there, and, zoom, we'd run right past them and lose our focus. We didn't do that. This wasn't just the kind of game our defense needed, it was the kind of game our team needed.
achieve bit building certain challenge front handled neither nor prima rather tail toward trying work
I could have handled things a little bit better in certain instances, but that's neither here nor there. We're where we're at. We've just got to keep building toward something. And me, if this is the challenge in front of me, that I've got to try and work my way back through the ranks, then rather than trying to be a prima donna and say 'I am who I am, you should give me an opportunity,' I'd rather just work my tail off to try and achieve that.
building guys love relationships start teammates whatever
I feel good. I'm 100 percent, whatever that means. I still love my teammates in Washington, but I want to start building relationships with the guys in New York.
anybody glad happy
I'm just happy it's over. I'm glad we got it resolved. I don't want to play for anybody else.
character people situation start tag trying worst
The worst part of this whole situation is people start trying to tag you for your character,
crucial edge felt gave moves needed work
I felt like that gave us the edge that we needed and it didn't work out. They were resilient. They made some crucial moves and they made some crucial plays.
admit faster hate point realizing seeing start studying
The more I'm studying film, the better I'm getting, the faster I'm getting. As much as I would hate to admit that, I'm kind of seeing the differences. I'm realizing you get to a point of health, but then there's a point where you start getting back to who you are.
family great
It's going to be great to play in an organization where there are no big egos, where there's a real family feeling.