Donald Driver
Donald Driver
Donald Jerome Driveris a retired American football wide receiver, a New York Times bestselling author, and the season 14 Dancing with the Stars champion. After playing college football for Alcorn State University, Driver was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL draft. Driver spent his entire 14-season National Football Leaguecareer with the Packers and holds the franchise's all-time records for most career receptions and receiving yards. Every year in Cleveland, Driver holds the...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth2 February 1975
CityHouston, TX
In my final years in Green Bay, when I wasn't getting the ball, people would ask me why I never complained. 'Because these guys are my family,' I would say. 'I'm not selfish. It's not about me. It's about these guys, my family, and winning championships together.
It took me 13 years to win a Super Bowl. But it only took me one season to win a 'mirror ball.'
Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!'' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.
I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.
Stars do not struggle to shine, rivers do not struggle to flow, and you will never struggle to excel in life because of the power of your passion.
I was so raw I didn't know about the Lambeau Leap-a Packer player celebrates catching a touchdown by leaping into the stands. It was started by Leroy Butler years before and has been copied by players all over the league. Don't be fooled, though. The only legitimate Lambeau Leap is celebrated by a Packer at Lambeau Field.
We'd like as many of our fans as possible in there,
After the first drive I guess they said they felt like they had to stop me and they started putting three and four guys on me. I still made some big plays in the game, but you can't make everything.
Our biggest thing was to go out there in a new year 1-0. I felt like that's what we did.
He knew that Brett loved certain plays and those are the ones he made the pick. If he was right, he was right. But if he was wrong, we've got him and he knows it. So it goes both ways. We got him a couple times. It happens. If he guesses wrong, we beat him. We have to make sure we're on top of our game.
I just talked to him, ... he said he feels fine. It's going to be a long road for him, but he feels good.
I'm worried, because I don't know what's going to happen.
I'm hoping that Brett comes back for another year. I hope Mike comes back. No one knows what the future holds right now. What we did today is we started a new year. We wanted to make sure we started 2006 off on a good note. We'll see what happens.
He still looks good to me. I'm hoping that he plays not just next year, but the next four or five years, with me.