David Akers
David Akers
David Roy Akersis a former American football placekicker. He played college football at Louisville, and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 1997...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth9 December 1974
CityLexington, KY
balls encouraged felt hit wind
I hit some balls with the wind and I hit some into the wind, ... and I felt very encouraged by it.
nice
It's not always pretty, but it's nice to get a win.
anybody cannot giving integrity physically thinking trying value
Honestly, it's not necessarily a value thing, ... It's an integrity thing on my part. I never want anybody thinking I'm trying to wimp out. If I can't go, it's because I physically cannot do it. If I'm out there, I'm giving you everything I have.
If I go out there, I'm going to give you everything I have,
felt pop
I felt really, really good. I had a lot of pop on the ball,
appreciate best business chance hope market understand value work
I appreciate the chance just to be in the NFL, but market value also has to be considered. I hope to be here for a long time, but I also understand this is a business and if it doesn't work out that way, I'll have to do what's best for this corporation.
asked god kept pain swinging
I asked God to let this pain go away for a minute, ... I kept swinging and saying, 'This is OK.'
doctors good looks
I'm going on what the doctors and trainers are saying, ... I think everything looks good right now. T-minus two days, right?
If you want to write it that way, ... that would be helpful.
gives order performance
You've got to have camaraderie, chemistry, in order to have performance that gives you victory.