Kelly Herndon
Kelly Herndon
Kelly Errin Herndonis a former American football cornerback. He was originally signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He played college football at Toledo. Although he entered his first NFL camp in 1999, Herndon waited until 2002 to play in his first NFL game. The wait included two training camps with the San Francisco 49ers, one with the New York Giants, one season in the XFL, a spring in Barcelona with NFL Europe and...
game trying
The first thing was get it to the end zone; let's get the game going. I was trying to get it to 14-10.
pride tried
I didn't make enough plays, so I didn't play (well). That's the way I look at it, ... I tried to do what I can, but I pride myself on making plays, and I didn't make enough today.
against earn forward nervous playing respect top word
Nervous is not even a word in this league. You can't be nervous. You go out there and you do what you do. You respect your opponent; you earn the respect of your opponent. You always look forward to playing against one of the top receivers in the league. He didn't get there for no reason.
shake tried
I got up and tried to shake it off.
practices step taking
We're just taking it step by step right now. I've got to see how I feel in practices and then how I feel for the game.
came defense everybody face fast great offense physical practice respect talks win wins
The only way to get respect is to win the whole thing. Everybody talks about our offense, but defense wins championships and that's what we came here to do. We face a great offense in practice every day. We're ready. I think we're as physical and fast as any defense in the league.
achieve hard matter opportunity
It doesn't matter what you do in life, you always have the opportunity to get where you want to be. If you want to achieve your dream, just keep working hard at it. No matter what you do, you can get to where you want to get.
brings energy fire inspire intercept locker means pass room
He means a lot to us. He brings a lot of fire to us. That's the way he made plays. He'd intercept a pass or make a hit, and he'd inspire us. He brings that energy to the locker room and on the field.
choice definitely mellow
He's definitely mellowed out. He had no choice but to mellow out.
communication far flying together work
We've still got to work on our communication and work on our tackling. But as far as us getting together and flying to the ball, that showed (Monday).
move route wish
You know what's going on, you know the situation. You just wish you would have made this move or jumped this route or something like that.
against passing situation switch
When a situation like that happens, especially against a passing team, I have to switch up everything,
asks field guy knew percent somebody treats war
If you knew him and knew what kind of guy he is and how he treats his players, you have to go to war for somebody like that. All he asks for is for you to give 110 percent on that field and for you to know what you're doing. If you can't do that, then we've got a problem.
chance focus focusing side three
I get a chance to focus on one side, how things look on my side of the ball. Before this, I was focusing on three positions.