Tamba Hali
Tamba Hali
Tamba Boimah Haliis a Liberian-born American football outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He played college football at Penn State, where he earned All-American honors, and was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft...
emotions games lost past stake ten title
It was a lot of emotion. We've lost so many games to them in our past history. We had the Big Ten title at stake and we had to play well.
heads people shows
It shows we can keep people out of the end zone. Calvin fumbled the ball, and we didn't put our heads down.
athletes fell graduating high minorities percent
They were graduating 86-90 percent of their athletes that year, and they were graduating minorities (at a) high (rate). Everything just fell into place for me.
couple flee mother
After a couple of times of this, my mother and (stepfather) thought (the kids) should flee the country.
bodies road side sitting stack
Sometimes it would be a lot (of people). Sometimes it would be just one. Sometimes you'd see a stack of bodies sitting on the side of the road while you're walking.
drastic living nice
It's going to be drastic for her. She's going to go from living in a hut to living in a nice home.
coaches
The coaches just told us to go out and have fun.
felt kept playing position reminding
I just kept reminding them that I wanted to play the end position. I felt like playing the end position was where I was going to excel. I felt that was where I was going to make my living.
bring trying
That was 1994. But I'm trying to bring her over now. My sister, too.
contact hard knowing relief stable
Before it was real hard getting in contact with her because we didn't know where she was. Now she's in a stable place. It's a relief just knowing she's doing better.
explain feeling gone happened hard maybe people produce seen situation somebody today war
It's hard to explain to somebody what it's like when they haven't really gone through it. We produce a lot of war games, and we've seen (on TV) what happened in Iraq. But it's hard to explain to people what it's like to actually be in that situation and feeling like maybe today I could die.
bodies maybe people road side stack
Sometimes you'd see a lot of people killed, sometimes maybe just a person. Sometimes you'd see a stack of bodies on the side of the road as you were walking.
knew
I think in the back of his mind, he knew we were coming. He still had to do his job, but he knew we were coming.
drop pressure time
We weren't going to let them drop back and pass. Every time he went back, we got to him. The pressure was great. They weren't going to get down the field.