Michael Robinson Quotes (79 Quotes)

At times he's the fastest guy on the field and one of the best tacklers. AZ is a real cornerback. He can run with anybody they put against him.

They're in my ear, 'Tell 'em to throw it deep, Mike, throw it deep. They want the ball, and they're going to make some plays.

It was tough feeling like you could do some things better than the other guy, but at the same time it was tough on Zack Mills, too. He's a great quarterback, and I learned a lot from him. ... I just think that God put me here for a reason, and if I can handle this, I can handle anything.

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Whenever I thought about giving up, I thought about how Craig would've loved to be there. When I see him go down the day before the first day of our senior year, it really made you think that this game can be taken away from you at any time. It really makes you appreciate what you go through.

That drive was all about heart. Derrick was kind of upset at halftime because he felt like he could do some things on the outside, but we weren't getting him the ball. I told him to be patient.

It's not that much of a difference from the last couple years. We were just a couple players away from our record being totally different. Coach really hasn't changed much. It's just that the results have changed.

We wanted to go deep. Coach came in at halftime and said they couldn't handle our speed on the outside, and we just wanted to stretch them vertically. We had to hit some deep balls because they were blitzing every time.

He's had another year of becoming more familiar with the personnel, more familiar with what he has on the offensive side of the ball, but I think Galen is one of the best coaches in the country as far as coaching on game day. He does a great job making adjustments on the fly, and that's a hard skill to do.

Obviously, I have to envision myself in that type of roll. There are too many teams telling me that, Mike, you can help us out in other ways. So you have to take the mindset. If you don't accept it, you're going to have an attitude and struggle with it. Like I've always said, I'm a football player first. First and foremost I want to play and contribute. As a competitor I want to play and contribute.

I said, 'Man, I just don't see where I fit in here. His answer actually shocked me. He said, 'Well, Mike, whatever you do, I'll still be your boy. Do what you have to do and do what's best for you.' That reaction, that response, made me look at things in a different light.

Stephne's death ... seemed to tear down a wall of a certain innocence,

Don't let him fool you. He loves the attention.

We know that a lot of folks will support this and a lot of them will oppose it. It's fair to say that this really puts Oregon's wine country at a crossroads.

Joe has complete control of this team, honestly.

We didn't win the Rose Bowl or anything. It's just a game. I think we understand that.

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We're working hard this week, and we will be improved in that area. Hopefully I can calm down just a little bit more in the pocket and go through my reads a little quicker.

You can't really just key in on one receiver, because now we have three or four guys that can beat you deep. Sometimes I drop back and I don't know who to throw it to, because they can all get open.

He has set this program up to be good three, four, five years down the line,

We had a pretty good practice today. Everything was pretty crispy.

We have guys on the outside who can make plays.

It's just finally getting the opportunity to do what I like to do. This offense being so wide open, I can throw it to any receiver.

I told him he should have scored a touchdown. I told him he's got to get some lead in his butt a little bit and run some people over.

I never would have thought my Senior Day was going to come,

The grass is always going to look greener on the other side of the fence. I just think God put me in this situation for a reason. If I can handle this, I can handle pretty much anything.

The thing that's great about AZ is he brings so much to the field. He does everything well physically and he's just a born leader. The players respond to him.

Derrick was one of these rare freshmen who knew he was good before he got here. He would look at me and say, 'I'm going to be open,' and that attitude filtered down to all the receivers.

That's probably what I'm going to miss the most, to be honest with you,

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You would think the world has changed a little bit over the last 20 years. But it happens. People have the right to be able to say what they want to say. We continue to win games, so it doesn't really bother me.

He's taking it OK. He understands he's still a young guy. He has a lot of football to play. He's waiting to see if he can make it back for a bowl or not.

They know all our plays, so when we do things it might not look that bad in a game, so you just don't know. And we know their plays, so we pick up some of their blitzes that another team might not pick up. It's hard to judge right now.

It's the Big Ten and anything can happen, ... But I never thought I'd be out of the game before the second quarter was over.

At least he has two years. I only had one.

He said it was just supposed to be a scare tactic to wound him, not hurt him like he did.

The process has been enjoyable, but at the same time, there is so much uncertainty. One day people are telling you you'll go in the second round. Next day people will say second day.

You start completing passes and the offensive line is like 'OK, if I keep blocking, we're gonna make big plays,'

He always talks about 'I'm not going to put the team in somebody else's hands while we're at a low point. He definitely doesn't want to turn the team over and us not be good. I definitely feel he has an obligation to all the fans and the players who came before us. We feel the same way.

It was tough all of Saturday night and all of Sunday, I was thinking about what we could have done differently, ... But now I've totally forgotten about it. I'm just trying to get it out of my mind and focus on Illinois.

Yeah, most definitely we still think of ourselves as underdogs and rightfully so because we haven't done so well the last couple years. The more I don't read about us, the more I still believe that we're still not getting respect.

It was a long, long night. It was hard-hitting all the way. It was tough (for either team) to get anything going against the defenses.

I wouldn't say we work on ball control, ... It comes down to the game situation -- if we have a lead, what we want to do in a particular drive. Sometimes Coach Paterno will come over to me and say, 'If you get a chance to throw it deep, see if we can hit it.'

When you go on the practice field, two things are going to happen. You're either going to get better, or you're going to get worse.

You could see it in his demeanor that he wasn't used to this, ... He wasn't the same coach. A couple of times I had to ask him if he was having fun. He said, 'Mike, losing is never fun.'

It wasn't always throwing to them. I'd put the ball down, put the receivers gloves on and go out there and run with them. And they responded to that. They soaked it all in. These kids, they all know how to win. And they brought that attitude to our football team.

You know, people see a guy who can run around and make things happen with his legs, and all of a sudden, he's not a quarterback. That's just the way people think. I can't be upset. Now, if Brett Favre was like that, those questions wouldn't even have arisen.

He gives us speed, he gives us attitude, he gives us a little bit of swagger. That's one thing about these freshmen They have not lost much. They don't know what a loss feels like. I think that's one of the things they have taught us older guys.

We never expect to lose. But that game we really didn't expect to lose. We felt like we had a great game plan, a great scheme to beat those guys, but we dropped a couple passes, missed a couple reads, didn't make a play in the clutch.

I know, I know. I understand why they did. It's about time we started getting things going. It happens.