Bill Romanowski
Bill Romanowski
William Thomas "Bill" Romanowskiis a former American football linebacker. He played in the National Football Leaguefor the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, and Oakland Raiders...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth2 April 1966
CityRockville, CT
carried days football guy intense move point problems situation
I've never really had problems controlling my temper. I am an intense guy on the football field, and sometimes I get carried away. I got carried away two days ago. I'm just going to make the situation right from this point forward. Can I move forward? I have no choice.
confidence handled inspirational needed year
Bill's been very poised, and he's handled the year well. When he has needed to be inspirational he has been. When he's needed to be tough, he has been. It's one of those things where he's done all the right things. He's made all the right moves. I've got a lot of confidence in this guy.
felt few football fought iron lie matter player super trained
Here's what it comes down to. As a football player you're trained to lie to yourself. You're trained to say, no matter how you feel, 'I'm fine. I'm the iron man.' There have been a few times I've said that to myself. I felt one of these in the Super Bowl, but I didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. I just fought through it.
coaching compliment defense good offense straight talked time tough uttered
For two straight weeks, all we talked about was how good the Packers' offense was, how tough their defense was, how outstanding their coaching was. Every clich in the book, we used. Every time I uttered another compliment about the Packers to the press, I wanted to puke.
against good playing
I don't know Kordell Stewart as a person. He's probably a pretty good guy. But it didn't matter. I was playing against him. That's what mattered.
cheap face grabbing hitting looked remember screamed shot silly throat waited year
On one play, I remember hitting him out of bounds, grabbing his throat and squeezing it like it was Silly Putty, ... 'You cheap shot artist!' Brunell screamed at me. 'You're going down, Brunell! I looked at your friggin' face every day for a friggin' year! I've waited all year for this!'
benefits brief great growth morality period receive took
I took it (human growth hormone) for a brief period and I didn't receive any great benefits from it. I compromised my morality to play another two years in the NFL.
coach good hope robinson turned
I turned to coach (Greg) Robinson and said, 'I only hope Brett Favre doesn't play as good as Bubby did this week,' ... 'If he does, we're in trouble.'
again dumb dumbest guys head played
whacking my head again and again while I shouted to him: 'You dumb - - - -. You're one of the dumbest guys I've ever played against. Duh!'
biggest closed compared crushed defense difference eyes heard hitting listened shocked side
was shocked not by what I saw, but by what I heard. I closed my eyes and listened - and you know what I heard? I heard the biggest difference in the game. I heard the hitting on our side compared to theirs. Our defense crushed their offense.
biggest boston came gone idiot insulted
You're the biggest idiot that ever came out of Boston College. I'm insulted that we could have gone to the same school.
bigger book
This book has never been about what, ... This book has always been about why. That to me will always be the bigger story. You get into the complexities of personality . . .
anybody deep harder planet reflection worked
This is a deep reflection of an overachiever that worked harder than anybody on the planet to live his dream,
hold move
I hold myself accountable. It was a classless move by me.