Champ Bailey
Champ Bailey
Roland "Champ" Bailey Jr.is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played college football for Georgia, where he earned consensus All-American honors, and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth22 June 1978
CityFolkston, GA
people style honor
I'm not Deion Sanders. We're different people with different styles. People see similarities between me and him; that's fine. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with him. But that's as far as I go with it.
heart tired play
I don't worry about getting tired. I try not to let it guide me as far as how much I'm going to play. I play with my heart.
kids play want
When you're a little kid, you want the ball. You don't want to play defense. When you get the ball, basically you can do whatever you want.
real way habit
You got to be real with yourself and not just let yourself pass on things that tend to become a bad habit. Make sure you stay on top of practicing well and preparing the way you always do.
looks towns small-town
When I look back, I'm glad I grew up in a small town. There, it's just you, your family and whatever you make of it.
time-heals time-heals-all heal
Time heals all things.
perfect im-not-perfect not-perfect
I'm not perfect, but I know when I start to do something, I don't like to not finish.
attitude aware beat people
We're aware of how people look at the Patriots. When they're in the playoffs, they're invincible, unstoppable. We're going to have the attitude that they're good, but we can beat them.
finally fortunate run throw year
We finally got a quarterback that didn't throw it away. We got to him. That's what we've been doing all year but we just had quarterbacks that just run out of there and throw it away. We hadn't been fortunate enough to get those sacks, but we got them today.
figured instead staying switched
We figured they'd try it again, and they did. Only this time, instead of staying with our men, we switched off.
adjustment game lose time
The only adjustment I have to make is being in game shape. When you take this time off, you lose a little of that game-time conditioning.
ben credit giving ran sticking
I wasn't showboating. I just ran out of gas. I've got to give Ben Watson a lot of credit for not giving up and sticking with it and making that play.
expect good half last next week
You know what to expect from him every week. You don't get a different quarterback. You see some quarterbacks go out there and play great, and then the next week they go out there and they don't play half as good as the last week. So I like that.
accepted bump definitely plays road
We definitely made more plays than they did. We accepted the pressure. This was a bump in the road for us.