Willie McGinest
Willie McGinest
William Lee McGinest, Jr.is a retired American football linebacker who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots fourth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth11 December 1971
CityLong Beach, CA
bowl means playoffs super teams
I think it means nothing. If that were true, then teams that have been in the playoffs would be in the playoffs and the Super Bowl every year. I think it's a whole new season. It's a new game, it's a new season.
feisty says support team tom whatever
Tom is a feisty guy. He says what's on his mind. He's on our team so I support whatever he says.
best coming football hands next teams
We can do a lot of things better. We have one of the best teams if not the best team in football right now coming in here next week. We have our hands full. If we don't get better, there are going to be some problems.
contract help sign team
I didn't want to go to a team to sign a contract and get some money. I wanted to be a part of a family. They made me feel like family. They made me feel needed, like I could come in and help them.
against best guys statements sunday teams voices win
Voices don't win games; playmakers do. If I want to make a statement, then this Sunday we'll be out there, all the guys that need to make statements will be out there making their statements against one of the best teams in the league. That's what we'll try to do. That's how we'll make our statement.
beat best change good playing team
They beat us pretty bad. They're a good team, and they're playing their best football. I don't think they're doing anything different. Why change anything when you have a good team like that?
team winning two
They need to do two things if they’re going to be great and win a championship: take the ball away and keep teams out of the end zone. You have those two things, that’s the recipe for a championship.
coming everybody guys hard hurt ourselves pride step trying win
We don't pride ourselves on getting guys hurt and still trying to win games. We need everybody we can (get). We just play hard and guys that are coming in have to just step up.
beat excuses faced fair men
We don't make excuses for our losses. We play fair and square. They outplayed us. We are not going to say we were banged up or we didn't have everybody. We went out there and faced them like men and they beat us.
road worried
We have a long road to go. We are not worried about any records. Right now we are just worried about getting better.
hard players spoken takes work
I have spoken to players who have been there before and they work hard and do all the things it takes to win. Same here.
measure
I have a lot (left). I don't measure by years. I take it day by day.
plug
Having him back helps. I don't know if he can plug all the holes, but it'll help.
family gives reason
He's a big reason why I came. He's like a father. He makes you feel comfortable and gives you that family atmosphere.