Casey Hampton
Casey Hampton
Casey Hampton, Jr., nicknamed "Big Snack," is an American former football nose tackle who played twelve seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Texas, and received All-American recognition. The Pittsburgh Steelers picked him in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft. Hampton was selected for the Pro Bowl five times...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 September 1977
CityGalveston, TX
backs emotional fired gets talks
He gets us fired up. He's our emotional leader. He talks but he backs it up with his play.
anybody played
We haven't really played anybody that played like that.
fight fired gets hear pick says
You know, I can't really say it, what (Porter) says before games. You'll hear anything out of Joey, he'll say anything. He's got to pick a fight to get going, that's just him. He gets fired up. . . . I think that spreads to everybody.
against ball game nickel played ran
We played a lot of nickel in that game and they ran the ball very well against our nickel defense. That's what they do ? they get you out of what you're used to doing.
built nose tackle type
To be a nose tackle and to play in this defense, you couldn't want anything else. I'm built for this type of defense.
matter
Hey, it doesn't matter how you get it done, as long as you get it done.
emotional leader
He's the emotional leader of this team. You can't take that away from his game. That's who he is.
anywhere care coach football takes
Coach (Bill) Cowher takes care of us. This is a football city. You wouldn't want to play anywhere else.
coach denver good kept teaches technique
Denver kind of kept the same thing going. He's a good coach who teaches the right techniques, so you've got to kind of have good technique to do it.
felt level nose played surprise voted
I play nose tackle, so I don't get the stats and things like that. I felt like I played at a level that I should have went, but it doesn't surprise me that I didn't get voted in.
block coach field good great might question standpoint stop strategy video
That might be a good strategy for a video game. But you don't question him. He's a great coach. From the standpoint of me being me, I'd feel we would stop them and block the field goal.
cry crying pittsburgh remember sit stuff super thinking won worried
I'm not even worried about that, man. That's kind of crazy, to sit there and cry about the officiating and stuff like that. It is what it is. We got the championship, and two years from now, no one will even be thinking about what they're crying about. They'll just remember that Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl.
bad chance gives good looking noticed throw trying
I noticed that when he's going down, he's still looking for receivers. He's always trying to throw the ball; that can be a good and bad thing. When he's trying to make plays, that gives us a chance to make a play too.
built defense followed fun nose tackle type
I followed in his footsteps, ... To be a nose tackle and play in this defense, you couldn't want anything else. I'm built for this type of defense and it's fun for me to play.