LaVar Arrington Quotes (52 Quotes)

Carlos has some swagger, ... He's going to do some good things. I've still got some of my swagger, but times have changed. I know what I have to do and I understand that for me to be able to do it as proficiently as I possibly can, I can't go out there and just be all emotional. I'm growing up. I'm married. There's a baby on the way. That all plays a part.

I just want to get my feet wet, ... Whatever happens is going to happen. That's how I look at it. I want to go out there and play the smartest, best game I can play. I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself. I want to make sure I'm still able to laugh at myself if I do something good or something bad.

I could easily be in different situations. I'm healthy. My personal life is wonderful. I attribute a lot of my happiness to my wife. We have discussions on what goes on here and on everything else. We always take the positives out of things.

It's a total injustice. Things like that happen in life.

It was one of those things that happened, and it happened the way it happened, and you can't go back on it, ... But we're 5-3 right now, so I think through the whole thing we're still sitting fairly well, and we have an opportunity to do some special thin

You see it in my eyes Red eyes ... I was trying to get it done, man. I didn't care who was hitting me, what was happening. Fearless. I was just happy to be out there with the fellows. That was my biggest thing. It was just painful watching them out there fighting.

I think he's a special person. He'll be all right. He's still growing, he's a young pup in his second year in the league, man, and he'll be fine. We care about him, and not because it's a football thing, but as a personal thing. I was just happy that he was all right. I gave him a big embrace the first time I saw him and I was just happy that he was okay from everything. That was my main concern, not, 'Were you in your playbook' We'll find that out when the time is right. He's still learning, but he's a phenomenal athlete. I think he'll be fine.

People think I might be washed up, ... Maybe they'll see something like that tomorrow, maybe they won't. We'll wait and see. It just makes it all the better to prove them wrong. If not, then I was washed up. I'm just waiting to get the nod, to get the opportunity. Do I feel washed up No. But I'm not going to talk a lot of trash. We'll wait and see what happens.

I'm getting faster, ... It felt good out there in Baltimore he played about half the game Thursday. The thing I was most impressed with was that I slowed my heart rate down on the field. I was very methodical. I was directing traffic out there, letting people know what we were going to do.

If people want to ridicule me and condemn me for losing a job after an injury then so be it. But I'm still not going to be part of an ongoing soap opera. I've got to be supportive of my team.

The worst part of this whole situation is people start trying to tag you for your character,

I was tired at first. I had to hold my nerves. I had so much support from my teammates, and I kind of fed off of that.

I was just a rookie, and I don't think Troy realized how fast I was. We've seen each other a lot since then because Aikman broadcasts games for Fox, and we joke about the play, but you never want to hurt someone.

I didn't get that many plays, ... but I tried to make the most of what I got. Made a couple good plays, a couple bad plays. It's getting there.

I felt a whole lot of stuff. I'm overwhelmed in this experience, ... I'm happy the coaching staff gave me the opportunity to go out there and help. I just want to be a part, and it feels good.

You can't put a price tag on principals and values.

You liked that one I can't tell you what I saw. I had a good jump on it. It was third and one. People who really pay attention to the way I play see I make a lot of plays in the second half. You see a lot from body movement, from tendencies. Sometimes you see more in the game than you would on film.

I take it day-by-day, man, ... Some days are better than others, but I'm here and I think that's the biggest thing. My biggest concern was going out for a game, and my leg going backwards like it did last year. I played pretty well in that San Francisco game Dec. 18, and then my leg went totally downhill after that. Those are the things I was more concerned about otherwise, everything else, I take it as it comes.

It's hard being a leader for so long and being a focal point for so long, ... and then it kind of abruptly stops. It's nice to be back in the mix, and it's also nice not to have 'The Player' pressure on me anymore. It's on other guys this year, so it's going to give me an opportunity possibly to just go out here and play and let the other people have that kind of attention.

It would mean a whole lot, ... to have an opportunity to try and help dictate the pace of a game from the time it starts.

This team means the world to me. People might think that our relationship is gone, but I think it means the world to me to be a part of this thing. That's why I continue to try and work my tail off to get back out there.

I think I have a positive attitude because I kind of look at things outside the box,

It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of abruptly stops. It's nice to be back in the mix. It's also nice not to have 'THE PLAYER' pressure on me anymore. It's on other guys this year. It's going to give me an opportunity to go ahead and play and let the other people have that type of attention.

I have youth. That's a beautiful thing. I'm hungry. I'm by no means a content individual. I'm not content with where I'm at. I don't need to be motivated. I'm motivated. I'm ready to go.

This season shouldn't be over. We shouldn't have lost that game. Take nothing away from the Seahawks they played very well. But the way this team felt today, the way we feel right now, we don't feel like this season should be over.

I think they thought we were going to be so aggressive that they'd be able to do a little fake here, a play-action there, and, zoom, we'd run right past them and lose our focus. We didn't do that. This wasn't just the kind of game our defense needed, it was the kind of game our team needed.

I was just happy to be out there. I don't care what package, I don't care how they use me, ... The interaction between me and the coaches has gotten a little better. I felt there was a different type of vibe between us, which was kind of good. It took some tension out of the air.

If I'm not playing, then I'm not playing, and it's something I'm sure the coaches will address. I think the thing that bothers me is that people attack my character and attack who I am as a person. Of course, life isn't fair, but I don't think that's fair at all. That's strange.

I think it is a dead issue. I think that I'm so excited about being a Giant now, and being in this city and being able to bring what I'm going to bring to this organization that's what I'm focused on.

I'm watching film and I'm running with my chest up, my head back. ... That's not how you run and catch somebody.

I could have handled things a little bit better in certain instances, but that's neither here nor there. We're where we're at. We've just got to keep building toward something. And me, if this is the challenge in front of me, that I've got to try and work my way back through the ranks, then rather than trying to be a prima donna and say 'I am who I am, you should give me an opportunity,' I'd rather just work my tail off to try and achieve that.

That might be an omen that I need to leave whatever I brought from there and just start completely over.

The more I'm studying film, the better I'm getting, the faster I'm getting. As much as I would hate to admit that, I'm kind of seeing the differences. I'm realizing you get to a point of health, but then there's a point where you start getting back to who you are.

We can't give up the big play. That's what we do, and we have to stop that. That's got to be part of our maturation process.

Playing on Sunday will be an accomplishment because it has been such a long road, ... However much I play, however they use me, whatever I do, I'm just going to be happy that I'm out there. I'm not concerned about starting. I just want to be a part of it. I'm grateful to even have an opportunity again to get out there with those guys.

I don't want my situation to be a distraction and a problem.

still control our own playoff destiny.

Where all that stuff gets started, I have no idea. Maybe it's because of the style of play where, even if I'm on one side of the field, if I have an opportunity I'm going to try to make the play on the other side. I just know I'm going 100 and playing the best I can.

That's been like the biggest misconception of who I am. People think I'm selfish. They think I'm this and think I'm that, and that's not me. How about this I just want to see the Redskins win, dog. That's the bottom line, and we'll go from there. That's my main focus. No matter where I fit into all of this, I just want to see us win. I've been here six seasons, and I'm tired of losing.

Arrington hopes to be a factor, to help the NFL's third-ranked defense from last season soar even higher. But rather then feed into the hype with his trademark bold and brash comments, he is preaching restraint. My sense is not to buy into all of that, ... If we buy into it, we're kind of setting ourselves up. I don't want to be a part of a quote that said that we were going to be special this year. I think we've got the makings of a great unit, and that could make for a pretty interesting season, but we'll see what happens.

We're not a bad team. We're close to doing a lot of things. In fact, we have the makings of a very, very good team, but it hasn't materialized. Doing these things consistently can give us a big morale boost.

It's not a given that I'll continue playing if the Redskins get rid of me. I don't really want to play for anyone else. I don't feel bad about it. I've had my time. I'm capable of doing other things besides football.

ASHBURN, Va. Aug 27, 2005 LaVar Arrington raised his left arm to reveal two small streaks of bright red blood. See that right there from Marcus ... That was my worst wound of the night, and it came from Marcus. We jumped into one another, and Marcus' braces caught in my arm.

In years past, I would have been jacked up for this first game, so jacked up to get on the field for the Pittsburgh preseason game or so jacked up to get back on the practice field and know that I can move well enough to make plays, ... It's not like that anymore.

I have a little bit of anxiety. It's all new again. I've got to do it all over again at the highest level. It's going to be interesting.

We still play Dallas here, but the biggest thing we have to do is take it week to week and not get too far ahead of ourselves,

That's what we've been doing since I've been here. It's always close, but not close enough. Until all of us as a whole come together and realize that we can indeed win and start taking the necessary steps and measures to do that, then that'll be what we are The team that plays hard, and you're going to have to play your tails off to beat them, but some way, somehow, we'll win the game against them. And I think that's kind of like our rep right now, and we have to do everything we can to change that perception of us. And more importantly, we have to change it amongst ourselves.

This has been the greatest building block I've been a part of. I just hope and pray that I am a part of it next year.

It was loud on the field. That always creates opportunities for a defense when the crowd is loud like that.

That was pretty cool, huh ... I was thinking, 'Wow, I'm really in here.' It was a great deal. Man, I had an opportunity to be a part of what I've been a part of for so many years. It was nice getting back out there on a regular basis.