61 Quotes by Clinton Portis

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

A year like that makes you appreciate things a lot more.

That play was designed to lose two yards. I spun around a guy and it was clear from there.

You pick your poison. You either give up the deep ball to Santana and (Chris) Cooley or let me grind it out.

Third down had been killing us for the last three weeks and to come out and execute and not get in the shotgun, and to actually run the ball when we got to on third and short and to come out and execute, it just builds confidence, and it's going to open up our passing game. We come out on third and short and we haven't been converting, but in this game, we stuck with the run all game long and it paid off: Once we got down to the goal line we stuck it in again.

They never got the opportunity to pay me back for that, so I'm looking forward to it. They're going to have some problems this week. I'm going to come in there with my hard hat on and go to work.

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.

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.

I've got all week to think about the pain in my leg. As long as I can stand and as long as I can go, I'll go.