Defensive Backs Quotes

• It was fun, having speed and being able to jump. Especially playing football. I played wide receiver and defensive back.

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  Jacoby Ellsbury

  Football   Fun   Able  

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• The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.

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  Hale Irwin

  Football   Independent   Thinking  

  "Hale Irwin honored with Nicholson Award, talks golf and football". www.denverpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green - these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.

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  Jerry Rice

  Player   Guy   Technique  

  "The Shutdown Corner Interview: Jerry Rice". Interview with Doug Farrar, sports.yahoo.com. August 4, 2010.

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• You want bold? Ask the hundreds of defensive backs I ran over during my career if they think I'm bold.

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  Jerome Bettis

  Thinking   Careers   Want  

  747

• Night Train Lane was the best defensive back to ever play the game. I tried to pattern my game after him because he was the best. He could have played any one of the four (secondary) positions. I've never seen a defensive back hit the way he hit - I mean take them down, whether it be Jim Taylor or Jim Brown.

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  Herb Adderley

  Mean   Night   Games  

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• I like using one QB. If we have two that are relatively equal, then we can't afford to have one on the bench. They need to be on the field at running back, receiver or defensive back. I'm not going to waste an athlete on the sidelines.

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  Alan Chadwick

  Running   Athlete   Two  

  437

• Defensive backs are always trying to kill me, so I'm trying to get them first.

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  Hines Ward

  Always Trying   Firsts   Kill Me  

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• The two biggest things to understand when you're tracking the ball as a defensive back is your position on the field and understanding that once the ball is in the air you become the receiver. Too many young defensive backs worry about the receiver catching it or what the receiver is doing instead of focusing on what they should be doing. Just go out and make the play yourself, don't worry about him. Know where the ball is and attack it. Put yourself in position to bat it or catch it and make the play.

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  Antonio Cromartie

  Air   Play   Two  

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• You have to use your mind n the NFL. Every player is smarter. Defensive backs bluff and disguise coverages to try to fool you.

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  Chad Ochocinco

  Player   Nfl   Mind  

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