Mack Strong
Mack Strong
Mack Carlington Strongis a former American football player who was a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football Leaguefor fourteen seasons. After playing college football for the University of Georgia, he was signed by the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1993. Strong was selected the Pro Bowl twice in his career, in 2005 and 2006. He currently is a football sportscaster for Root Sports Northwest...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth11 September 1971
CityFort Benning, GA
ahead engaged everybody focused grounded hard locker playing room special task
The thing that's really special about it is that everybody in this locker room is really grounded about the task that we have ahead of us in playing the Steelers. It's not hard to be engaged and be focused on what we've got to get done.
definitely difference eliminated fact gets issues past worry
I think a lot of things that plagued us in the past, where we definitely had some off-the-field issues ... I think the fact that we eliminated a lot of that stuff, and we don't worry about who gets the credit, that's made all the difference in the world.
bobby continue guys hopefully offense philosophy playing proven until wait
Our philosophy on offense is to wait for opportunity. Those guys have proven they can play when they get that opportunity. Eventually, we'll get Darrell and Bobby back. Until then, hopefully those guys can continue playing well.
hear
We are going to play for the NFC Championship; that is not something you hear everyday.
life
Just things that I've never experienced in my life.
everybody fired people town
I think everybody in this town will be fired up. People will be going crazy, it will be pandemonium.
locked next ready whoever
With Darrell back, we got all of our weapons; we are locked and loaded. We are ready for whoever comes in here next Sunday.
game glamorous guys love nuts
You have to be nuts to do what I do. It's not necessarily a glamorous position. You have to really love the game because most guys don't want to play it.
basically came career coming marked remember struggling
We basically came from the bottom. I remember when I first got here in '93, we were 6-10, just coming off a 2-14 season. We were a struggling bunch, and I didn't know if my whole career was going to be marked by disappointment.
basically came career history marked offense remember season struggling
We came from basically the bottom. I remember when I first got here in '93, we were 6-10 and had just come off a 2-14 season and . . . had the third-worst offense in the history of the NFL. We were a struggling bunch. I didn't know if my whole career would be marked by disappointment.
alone chance gave near nobody ran straight super underdog worry year
You know, we've been an underdog all year long. And that's fine. I don't worry about the odds-makers and all that stuff. Nobody even gave us a chance near the end of the season, after we ran off 11 straight games, that we would even play for the NFC Championship, let alone the Super Bowl.
along block far game goes great guy guys knock player trying walt watching weird
We get to see it Mondays. It is weird watching a guy block another player -- a great player -- and knock him backwards. You see as the game goes along that the guys are trying to get as far away from Walt as they can.
work
We are not there yet. We still have a lot of work to do.
guys rely
What we've got is a lot of weapons. We don't have to rely on one guy. We've got 11 guys we rely on.