LenDale White Quotes (31 Quotes)


    Oh yeah, I did it again, I had too. I love this stadium.

    We have been winning for a very long time. You can't win them all.

    Honestly, I don't think he's overshadowed me at all. I think guys who know football know what I'm capable of. They know what I can do.

    These are the games you like being in, because it defines character, and it defines a champion.

    We had to come out pounding the ball, ... Our offensive line did a great job. Every time I got the ball, they had a great surge. They deserve all the credit.


    To be the hottest ticket in L.A. makes you feel pretty good. Being in Hollywood, we meet so many people. We've got Snoop working out with us, Will Ferrell working out with us. All the movie stars, all the rappers, they want to be part of winning.

    My team fought hard. I don't like losing. Everybody can't win all the time.

    It was a lot of fun. I really wouldn't mind hopefully in the NFL reuniting with Reggie because during my career he helped me a lot. ... The competitive nature between the two of us made us Thunder and Lightning.

    Being out in Hollywood creates a special scene for him. Everyone knows him.

    I've known Snoop for a couple years. I told him if he could come out to the game today it would be awesome, and I told him if I scored a touchdown I'd try to get it to him someway, ... Right before that play he looked at me and I pointed at him. He pointed back at me and when I got into the end zone I slipped him the ball.

    I thought about it, but a lot of stuff weighed on me and my family. And I thought this was the best situation. It was time to take care of my family.

    I never thought that football could take me this far.

    He eats like a pig. He eats a lot of food -- a lot of Twinkies and doughnuts and cupcakes. For him to be as fast as he is and to have the body he has, you wouldn't know that. But every night he's sneaking in some type of snack.

    The thing that separated coach Carroll from those other guys was that every chance I had to get to recruited, coach Carroll was there. The first time he could come see me, he was there. The first time he could call me, he called. It was things like that. I just felt way more comfortable here.

    Everybody's going to be gunning for us. There's going to be an even bigger X, not just on our back but on our whole body.

    Everybody can't win all the time. They came out and played a great game. We can't take that away.


    I say he is a future Biletnikoff winner. He is big, strong and fast. He has all the attributes and I think he showed last year just a glimpse of what he's capable of doing. His time is coming.

    The refs said there were nine players but I didn't care. If they don't line up right, that's their fault.

    You realize with all the success he's having, he's still the same person. In his phone book, he probably could call any superstar in the world and hang out with him at any given moment. But he still doesn't comb his hair and he still just chills and hangs out.

    I tried to make one more surge forward. It just didn't work.

    This is definitely a character-building game. These are games you like to be in because it defines character and defines a champion.

    What you see is what you're going to get all the time. Running on the field, throwing the football, joking around, going to the movies. I don't know if he's ever really serious, other than blowing the whistle a couple of times during the season when the tempo isn't right at practice.

    After the game, most of the Trojans, decked out in their all black travel warm-ups, carried pizzas onto the bus for the short flight back to Los Angeles. One of the last players out of the locker room was White, who had gotten his hands on an Arizona State towel with the team's mascot Sparky on it. Right above the devil White had scrawled the word, 'KILLA' and hung it from his waistline for all to see. Two years ago in the same building, with USC down in the second half, White ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns to lead USC to their first of now 26 consecutive wins. I love playing here, ... I don't know if it's the heat or what, but I love this place.

    It's like Jay-Z says. Get it right, did it different, did it better, did it nice. Did the impossible, then did it twice.

    Right now, I'm looking at a 31-team chip on my shoulder.

    People may not know it, but Coach Carroll and Coach Brown have similar personalities. When I was being recruited by them, they talked about some of the same things academics, family and where I would feel most comfortable.

    The experience that we have just playing in the last two games is probably going to help us out a lot. And the game plan Coach Carroll prepares is going to be awesome.

    It's a great thought to win three championships, but all there is right now is right now.

    It's all about how you finish. We preach that here. This is the heart of a champion, how champions are born. The blowout games are cool and fun, but this is a game you have to fight and scratch for everything you want.

    can't control what happens. . . . I have no clue what happened.


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