Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander
Shaun Edward Alexanderis a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Alexander set numerous NFL and Seattle Seahawks' franchise records, and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1977
CityFlorence, KY
CountryUnited States of America
My first day here, just like my first day at Alabama, I went and got the record books and looked it all up. It was like, 'OK, how hard is it going to be for me to get this thing?' I started setting goals to get them fast.
We were comfortable going into the championship game because we know he usually wins 'em.
There's never really any more pressure that a game would put on me. It's easy to stay focused for this game. One play could change the whole game and you're not playing anymore.
I've been blessed to have Walt and Hutch. They go out there and they love beating up on people. It's a great situation.
It was tough, ... but he's going to be good. He's strong. I was more emotional than he was. He's good. We're going to be OK.
It was an emotional roller coaster -- going from Christmas, then your aunt dies, and then all the stats come out and you might get all these records. I've been asked, 'How do you feel?' Tired. I'm really blessed we do have this week off where I can kind of grab a hold back to reality.
Our defense did good enough for us to win, and we didn't help them out at all. Jacksonville did what they wanted to do against us, which is throw us around. They totally controlled the whole game.
Do we think we should get a little more credit? Yeah. But we understand with one more win, we'll get a lot of credit.
The way I always looked at MVPs was it was a player that did really, really good on a really, really good team. That is why I am even more excited about this year because I have put together some great numbers but we have a great team.
The scoring title and touchdowns, I do like that; that's pretty cool. But the rushing title, I've never really felt one way or the other.
I've seen us go from a team that was 6-10 and people would be laughing at to a team that you have to respect.
I've seen this team go from a team you would laugh at to one that you have to respect. Now we're here to play the greatest game of our lives, which we will have to do to win, and try to build a dynasty.
There's really no more pressure that any game or situation could put on me that I don't put on myself. I'm just going to go out there the same way I always do and try to do some things that are even more amazing than some of the things I've been able to do before.
They said they had never seen anyone out for 20 minutes on the sidelines and then all of a sudden I just knew everything that was going on.