Curtis Martin
Curtis Martin
Curtis James Martin Jr.is a former American football running back who played in the National Football Leaguefor the New England Patriots and New York Jets over the span of 10 years. Martin began his professional career with the Patriots, who selected him in the third round of the 1995 NFL Draft. As a free agent in 1998, he joined the Jets where he finished his career in 2006 due to a career-ending knee injury. He retired having amassed the fourth...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 May 1973
CityPittsburgh, PA
goal long desire
Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.
sacrifice wish
Don't sacrifice what you wish for most for what you wish for now
dark culture glow-in-the-dark
It's a dark culture that we live in. But you were called to glow in the dark.
achievement achieve persons
It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.
ashamed capable exactly played
It's embarrassing. I think we are all ashamed of the way we played today. There are no excuses. I don't know exactly what happened. We just didn't play the way we are capable of playing.
high stairs top
It's like 288 steps, and they are the steepest set of stairs you'll probably ever see in your life. You can't even see the top from the bottom. That's how high they are.
guns wanting
I just think he was wanting to go down with guns blazing.
hope league mean realized starts
Being in the league for 11 years, I've realized that sometimes you get out to starts like this. It doesn't mean that it will always be like that. For now, it is what it is, and I just hope to keep getting better.
appreciation football gained grateful impact liking love
I'm a very grateful man. So over the years, I've come to see how football has really enabled me to do what I really love to do, which is to impact people. I've gained such an appreciation for football that I feel I'm disrespecting it by not liking it because of what football has enabled me to do for other people.
care coach motivation pressure within
I don't really care about that. My motivation comes from within myself. I put more pressure on myself than any media, or any person or any coach can put on me.
almost describe words
I don't know how you describe it or what words you put to it. It's almost unbelievable.
season together trying turn unit
We're trying to come together as a unit and turn this season around. It's getting late.
became came financial
When I came into the NFL, it was an escape. It became my way to survive, not just in a financial way.
agree believe shooting
I wouldn't agree with that. I believe you are what you are. Right now we're a 2-4 team. That's not what we're shooting for.