Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Antonio Burress is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft and also played for the New York Giants and the New York Jets. He caught the game-winning catch of Super Bowl XLII as the Giants beat the New England Patriots. He played college football at Michigan State...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth12 August 1977
CityNorfolk, VA
everybody last sure treat week
Last week is last week. I treat each day like a new day, and I'm pretty sure everybody else does, too.
ability
I want to go out and show my ability and what I can do.
aspect fans hearing hurt last learned losing media survived
I can't do anything but go forward. I learned from every aspect last year, from being hurt and losing my position, to hearing it from the fans and the media and getting criticized. I survived it.
achieve averaged catch games last less opportunity people per receiver yards
Some people say I may have underachieved when I was in Pittsburgh, ... But you have to have the opportunity to achieve anything, period, much less overachieve. And I think I was a big-play receiver in Pittsburgh. I only averaged 20 yards per catch (actually 19.8 in 11 games last year).
based black diamond drives drove fancy liked perception player seen team wears
I mean, I don't think I was liked as a person. I was kind of seen as a black kid, young African-American, cornrows, drives fancy cars, wears diamond earrings, things like that. They just kind of based their perception off of what I drove and what I did and things like that. All those things were never a part of any other player on that team but me.
coaches definitely dreamed family growing kid lost monday night players playing scattered team
As a kid growing up, you always dreamed of playing on 'Monday Night Football,' ... This is a different situation. You've got players and coaches on their team that lost homes, have scattered family members. They definitely have a lot to come out and play for, and doing it on a Monday night stage, because of the situation, they're definitely going to be emotional.
bring hands shot took
I took it as a challenge. In my position, I took it on myself that if he didn't get his hands on the ball, I had a shot at it to bring it in.
few great plays throw
It was just a great throw by Eli. I'm here to make a few big plays for the team.
anyone routes takes time timing
It takes time to get your timing on your routes and things like that, ... It's getting a little easier, but you don't want to get anyone hurt.
figured gone miss
I don't think he should have gone that far. I figured I'd get fined, but I didn't think I'd miss the whole first quarter.
days
Some days you get the pretty lady. Some days you get the beast.
small
I told the guys, this is the small hat. I want the championship hat.
easily everybody goes knows nobody offense stop team ugliest yards
Everybody knows we just put up probably the ugliest 400 yards that an offense can put up. I've never been on a team where we can just put up 300, 400 yards so easily and make it look so ugly. That just goes to show that if we can just go out and be flawless, nobody will be able to stop us.
adjusted changes couple game gets playoff settle sure
This is the playoffs, the game changes a little bit, things get a little more difficult. He hasn't experienced a playoff game yet, but I'm sure when he gets in there for the first couple of series, he'll settle down and he'll get adjusted just fine.