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
clouds dwell football playing season vision week
It's great. I'll look back on it after the season and I'll think about it. But we're still playing football and I try not to dwell on it because it kind of clouds your vision for the week ahead.
believed nobody season
I said it before the season and I believed it. I said this was a championship-level team. We believed that, even if nobody else did.
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.
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.
arm certain moments turned ways
It was nonexistent, most of it. There were moments where I turned certain ways, or put my arm certain ways where I could feel it, but nothing real extreme.
game team win
It was a game we necessarily didn't have to win, but we wanted to win regardless. This team is about winning. That's what we think about.
great talked
It was a great play by me. I made the play, but it was something we'd talked about the whole game.