LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinsonis a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football Leaguefor eleven seasons. He played the majority of his 11-year career with the San Diego Chargers, who selected him with the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. Tomlinson was selected to five Pro Bowls, was an All-Pro six times, and won two rushing titles. At the time of his retirement, he ranked fifth in career rushing yards, seventh...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth23 June 1979
CityRosebud, TX
CountryUnited States of America
The only thing is to keep winning. That alone, we did all we can do. Yeah, we're depending on other teams, but hey, we've got to keep winning, starting with this week, which is going to be tough.
When you get down by the goal line, ... you've got to have a different mind-set. ... 'No matter what, I won't let them stop me.'
With David here, we think we can be a new version of the Triplets. I'm glad to have him.
I don't think about the playoff loss anymore. I think about the team we had, the fun we had together the whole season. We had a great time.
We saw that they were stacking the box to stop the fullback, ... We saw that no one was going out on me when we run the sweep. We decided to pitch it out there and it was wide open.
Everything is so much tighter and faster; it's tough down there, ... I've always really appreciated the long touchdowns, too. It's an explosive play. But, I'll tell you, the harder ones are on the goal line.
Everything speeds up and it's blurry for a minute, ... But you've got to have a little patience sometimes to just find a soft spot. There's always a soft spot in the defense, and it's your job to find it.
Every day I walked out the door on the way to practice, I'd look at that letter, ... That's what drove me my senior year.
The defense might be a little angry. Anytime the fans are into it, it trickles down. If they're booing him every time and are on him, I'm sure the defense picks it up and maybe give him an extra shot.
But nobody really recruited me: TCU, Baylor, North Texas, UTEP ... teams like that. I went on a visit to Kansas State but they didn't offer me. A&M was waiting on another running back and didn't offer me. I was overlooked.
What better way to recover from injury than a game against the Chiefs. They don't tackle. They won't hit me. In fact, I think my ribs will feel better after the game.
We just got outplayed. They made great adjustments and we didn't do very well adjusting ourselves.
We just got outplayed, ... They made great adjustments and we didn't do very well adjusting ourselves.
Both his guys made it to the Pro Bowl. I don't know what else you can ask of a coach.