Clinton Portis Quotes (62 Quotes)

That alone is going to spark a world of interest.

Everybody wants to sit out and heal up, but you want to be on the field with your teammates. We've got something good going on with this organization right now. I really don't want to miss that. I feel like they need me out there, and I feel like, even with my injury, I can do enough, so I want to be out there.

I even had a touchdown pass. But mine went to Chris Cooley. I know it's been a few years since a Clinton made passes in Washington, but I'm making it cool again.

Before every game, me and Sean and Santana come out together. Coming from 'The U', knowing their capabilities and knowing their character, you don't want to let them down. Once other guys see how you play for each other and depend on each other, it spreads throughout the locker room.

Well, ... I might as well keep a sense of humor because if I leave it up to you all, you're going to run me into the ground, drive me crazy. The last two weeks we haven't won, so now it's becoming a problem. When you're winning, it really don't matter, but when you're not winning, it becomes a problem. We've lost our last two games, and I've got to find a way to get in the end zone.

He shouldn't be worried. They knocked everybody else's trial back, so why would they make him come in September They put Michael Jackson's trial back, and he ain't got a concert anytime soon.

I'll cost a lot less zeroes than Gregg Williams.

Things are working for us. Coach mixed it up Sunday. We knew early on we were pounding the ball in the running game, pounding the ball and then he threw deep to Santana Moss, and that caught everybody off-balance and we're all in the huddle like, 'Yes, perfect play-calling.' So as a team, everybody did what they had to do.

We didn't want that game -- Dallas -- to be meaningless. Nobody wanted the season to end today.

He used to catch that Frisbee all the time. He'd outrun the dog, jump up and catch the Frisbee.

That first handoff, it was like, whew, the sky's the limit. At the time, you couldn't have told me we weren't looking at 2,000 yards. But things happen. That keeps you humble and keeps you hungry. It lets you know you can't get the big head. I'd like to think that our struggles last year, being 6-10, made us all better.

That's big. That's what they brought me here for. This franchise has been around a long time, so to break it is special.

He doesn't have to say he's sorry. His life's on the line, his livelihood is on the line. We're not judging him. We love him as a teammate. When he walked back in, I don't even think people asked him about it.

Coming back is going to be exciting, ... I never really had a farewell this trade came out of the blue. Both teams needed help in certain areas. It was worth it.

People recognize the difference. Those guys are really good guys, and they're really good friends of mine. At the same time, I think I brought more than just my athletic ability. I brought laughs. I brought joy. I brought a sense, an attitude and a swagger that is hard to find.

It's just maturity, ... It comes with age. I've always been a leader on the field, but as a spokesman or voice of the team, I always was doing my own thing. As a spokesman for this team, I just had to take on a different role.

I love it. I can't control what we do, but when we run the ball, I know I'm in the game and I can have an effect.

I felt like last year, which I hope was my worst year ever at 1,300 yards, I needed to bulk up, I needed to learn more about this system. And I needed to take a bigger leadership role. ... It's just maturity man. It comes with age.

People have been mailing stuff in. People . . . give me stuff. I had a guy bring me wigs, glasses, teeth, everything. I forgot the guy's name, but I appreciate it.

I feel pretty sore today, but I feel all right. The shin is still the same. It's sore, but it will be all right,

And on a day like today, ... going with just two or three backs takes it out of you, brother.

It didn't bother me, man. That's the media, ... I was hoping they actually went with the hoax, so Tampa Bay wouldn't have prepared for me at all.

Quarterback position is an easy thing to deal with. We've played with Pat, we know Pat, and he can get the job done. He takes plenty of reps in practice. With Pat back there, we're still going to go out there and execute our game plan. It'll be the same thing. We won't change anything.

Running the ball is what we do well. It's our bread and butter. It's always been the coach's way to win. Any time we can get the ball rolling on the ground, it opens up a lot of things for us.

But the No. 1 topic for discussion is and should be Have the Redskins fixed the offense That's where we start, updating the offense by, oh, 18 or 19 years. A year ago, ... we found out it didn't work.

She busted some lady's nose. That'll teach you about messing with her. ... I think they threw some beer or something on her, and she hit them. My mom's going to protect herself.

I think it might cheer up some people out there. For the people who like it, I'm going to continue doing it, and for the people who don't like it, don't watch my press conferences.

But Portis is still the same guy who says exactly what he feels -- offering blunt critiques of the offense on more than one occasion defending friend and beleaguered teammate Sean Taylor throughout his troubled offseason -- and accepts the consequences. I don't mean anybody no harm, ... I'm just going to speak my mind, good or bad.

We had enough mistakes to actually go out and lose this game. We hurt ourselves.

I just feel when we're in our game plan, the running game has been there. Unfortunately, we've always been behind. We just want to play solid and not be one-dimensional. We get one-dimensional, we get in trouble.

It's not me against Alexander, but nine times out of 10 the guy who has the best rushing performance, unless there is another close one like the first game we had, the team is probably going to win. Whoever can control the ball the longest, whoever can stay on the field, will probably come out with the victory.

I didn't get my hair styled today. I actually stuck my hand in a socket and this is the way it turned out.

I think we're going to get out there and run four 'go' routes and just give me draws. You can't cover everybody out there.

Two years in a row I've led the league in yards per carry, and I'm supposedly a guy who was too small to take the punishment, ... I'd like to think they'll get something done.

He actually has on a wig now. You thought that was his hair. He's actually gone bald at the top.

Southeast Jerome in Heaven. I'm here in heaven with all my friends.

I'm almost tired of the emotions after games like this. That's three weeks in a row I'm ready for a blowout win. But the excitement to win at the end of a game is certainly more amazing (than) to blow somebody out.

I actually have learned to become more patient, just knowing what the guys are doing around me. Understanding the scheme, understanding our blocking, basically just reading it. I think last year I just got to the point where I wanted to make a play, and I was trying to do it on my own instead of taking the 4 and 5 yards. This year I take the 4 and 5, line up and keep pounding, and when the big play comes, it comes.

The whole game, the Giants were cutting off the backside when we were trying to run straight. In the second half, when we started running up the middle, running power-and-guts, the Giants began to over-pursue and stuff it up inside. I knew if I pressed long enough, running outside would work.

I don't know what the deal was, but we abandoned the run. We abandoned the run -- I don't know what it was. I can't sit here and tell you it was because of the fumbles or it wasn't, but for whatever reason it was, we abandoned the run. I think when we get to go out there and execute our game plan it's hard to beat us. Every time we become one-dimensional we end up losing.

You cannot live life by what-ifs.

Ladell is capable of big runs and knowing that he's behind me, I can go out on every play and give my all. I don't have to save anything for once you get down in the red zone if I don't have anything in my tank. I think Ladell is going to help us out.

He might think I'm the devil, but Shaun Alexander is a great back. For the longest time, people said he was soft and couldn't do this and couldn't do that. Right now, he's the league MVP. Maybe we need all to adopt that mentality of him staying fresh by running out of bounds and not taking the extra pounding. That got him the league MVP. I'm sure everybody will like to be in his shoes.

Out there I'm spending money, and here I'm making money, ... So it wasn't that hard of a decision. I'm 24 years old, and that's going to be in me for a long time, but when it comes time to take care of business, I'm more business-oriented now, and I put that other stuff off to another time of the year.

Danny came in and made plays. He's going to have to lead this offense. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. Whoever is under center has to lead the team at all times. I think Danny took a big step in doing that today.

They didn't have to let me go. I was tied into a contract, and I think Coach Shanahan, being the man that he is, allowed me the opportunity to go out and seek a better living for myself, and he gave me that, and I really appreciate it.

Going to the big city and night lights this week up there in New York City, I heard, so I've got to be prepared. I don't know what I'm going to see.

Having that one losing season made me take on more of a leadership role,

At halftime, we talked about going out and trying to find a way to win or we were going to be cleaning out our lockers this morning. I wasn't ready to clean out my locker and I don't think any of the guys were, either.

I was trying to find a way to get into the end zone. So I came out in disguise trying to dissect a game plan to get me to the end zone. It had been so long since I had gotten in there before I finally got in, and I actually did it playing around (with cos