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
ball loved running staying
I loved staying under the heat. When it's cold, I love to see them running the ball and controlling the clock.
ball ground huge
You don't know how many times I look back and see the ball skipping on the ground because the quarterback is on his back. That makes a huge difference.
ball came gave guy looked signal
Right before the play started, we looked at each other, gave a little signal to 'in-and-out' those two guys. My guy came in, his guy went out. We switched. The ball came to me.
above ball balls catch far head keeps pick wrong
I can't go too far above my head because of it. It keeps me from going in the wrong direction. I can still catch balls and pick the ball off.
afraid ball cross goal hoping knew
I was afraid that it went out of the end zone, but I really wasn't sure. All I knew was that he got me right before I got to the pylon, so I was hoping the ball didn't cross the goal line.
ball catch pick
I can still pick the ball up, catch the ball things like that. It's not too bad.
backyard everybody felt forget job kicking shy speaking sure talk
I'm sure they will. We'll be in their backyard and they'll forget what I said. Everybody said it. And I'm not going to shy away from speaking my mind. I mean, I felt like I was kicking their (butt) so I just said it. . . . I say that about everybody. If I'm doing my job and doing it well, then I'm going to talk about it.
felt happened knew last ran worried
I knew I was going to be able to go, ... I felt good, I ran good. A no-brainer, I was going out there. I wasn't worried about how long I was going to last or anything. I just happened to have to come out when it got worse.
care start taking wrong
It's sore. But I'm not really worried. I just want to know what's wrong so I can start taking care of it.
heart shows strange
Nothing strange about this, ... This shows the heart of a champion. This is what we expected.
felt kicking shy speaking
I'm not going to shy away from speaking my mind, ... I felt like I was kicking (expletive). So, I just said it.
job talk
I'm doing my job, doing it well. I'm going to keep doing it, and I'm going to talk about it.
guy hard saw
I never saw the guy coming, but I was going as hard as I could.
anybody happening knows vulnerable whatever
I'm vulnerable to it happening again, ... But anybody that knows me knows I'm going to do whatever I can to get out there.