Clinton Portis
Clinton Portis
Clinton Earl Portisis a former American football running back who played in the National Football Leaguefor nine seasons. He played college football for the University of Miami. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Portis was best known for being the starting running back for the Washington Redskins for seven seasons, in which he gained an average of 81.2 yards rushing per game, for which a select panel of celebrities included...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 September 1981
CityLaurel, MS
dallas dress everybody forward hopefully looking people played pressure reason week win
Week in and week out, everybody was looking forward to it, and hopefully getting a win this week by being myself, that'll take the pressure off. We don't want people to think the skit has been the reason we're successful. I didn't dress up before the Dallas game, and we played spectacular.
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I was trying to find a way to get into the end zone. So I came out in disguise trying to dissect a game plan to get me to the end zone. It had been so long since I had gotten in there before I finally got in, and I actually did it playing around (with costumes). And then the fans and people started looking forward to it. The fans began to help me, and now it's turned into this national-known scene that we have now.
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I think having this change come upon me probably made me grow up and appreciate things more, ... It made me become a better man, become a leader, it sped up the process. Out there, my playing always (did the talking). Off the field, I was always in my own world. Being here, not having the (players like) Shannon Sharpe, Eddie McCaffrey or Rod Smith, it thrust me into that role and I'm enjoying it.
running opportunity player
As far as dude running the ball, or running with the ball, and somebody hit you helmet to helmet, I think you got an opportunity to go down. You got an opportunity to slide.
years play eight
Hopefully I don't have to play for eight years but can go and relax somewhere and do something enjoyable while I'm still young.
play safety quarterback
I can be a receiver, a cornerback, a safety and quarterback-I can play everything.
play use want
Everybody who I play always wants to use me, so I always tell them that I'm the only one who knows how to stop Portis, so go ahead.
play giving balls
I don't feel like I have to live up to anything because I've proven that I can play. Give me the ball and let's go.
definitely offensive plays run situation
If it were my team, I'd run all the plays for myself. But I'm not the offensive coordinator, and I probably put us in that situation by fumbling. I don't know if that was definitely the reason, but I put us in that situation.
confidence everybody guys playing
Guys were playing for each other, laying it on the line, and everybody was just fighting. The confidence is really up.
cleaning found guys locker needed none packing ready talked win
We talked about packing up. We needed to go out and find a way to win or we were going to be cleaning out our lockers. I wasn't ready to clean my locker out. I don't think none of the other guys were, either. We found a way to win.
game gives hit running
We went deep. We went short. We hit on medium-range passes. We got our running game going. Jake gives us another dimension.
almost
I used to do gymnastics. I almost made it to the Olympics, back in '98, I think,
ball bread opens rolling running time
Running the ball is what we do well. It's our bread and butter. It's always been the coach's way to win. Any time we can get the ball rolling on the ground, it opens up a lot of things for us.