Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Rachard Culpepperis a former American football quarterback. He last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. Prior to joining the UFL, Culpepper enjoyed a successful National Football Leaguecareer after being drafted 11th overall in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at the University of Central Florida...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1977
CityOcala, FL
hard-work thinking long
I don't think there's a limit as long as I keep my head right, don't get above myself, work hard and remember where I came from.
play differences guy
A guy like myself wants to make a play and be the difference, but the thing is I have to keep saying to myself to just do what I can.
men winning want
I want to be the man. I want to do what it takes to win.
pressure
Nobody can put more pressure on me than I do.
running firsts quarterback
My first option is not to run. I am not a runner. I'm a quarterback.
loyalty heart sacred
Loyalty is something you should always hold sacred in your heart.
doubt way
There is no way I'm going to doubt myself at all.
successful testament adopted
I am a living testament you can be adopted and successful.
foot good mind
With his athleticism and foot quickness, to be that big. When he makes his mind up to go, he's as good as anybody.
good knowing stride weapon
You look at him and he just has that stride of a sprinter. It makes me feel good knowing that I have a weapon like that out there.
days definitely few football knew realize team
We just need to get away from football for a few days and realize what we've got here. The thing is, it's going to take some time. We've got a whole new team here when you think about it. We definitely didn't want to be 1-3, but we knew it was going to take some time.
business care talent team took
We feel we've got a lot of talent on this team and we want to do it now. We took care of business in the offseason.
early fighting fights-and-fighting kept lay situations teams
We didn't lay down. A lot of teams would have just folded up in situations like that. We kept fighting through the whole game, and the one thing that is encouraging is it is early in the season.
brad coaches help recognize tendencies trying whatever win
Brad definitely, as much as he can and as much as he remembers, has been trying to help the coaches and myself recognize different things and different tendencies about their team. He's a Viking now, so he's going to help us do whatever he can to help us win and he's doing that.