Laurence Maroney
Laurence Maroney
Laurence Maroneyis a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots 21st overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth5 February 1985
create footsteps opportunity walk work
Getting the opportunity to come here is a blessing. I just want to come here and work hard. I don?t want to walk in the footsteps of another back. I want to create my own legacy.
bench hardest sit watch
That's the hardest thing to do is sit on the bench and watch a game.
came nice perform watch
It made me feel like I was someone important. It was a nice feeling. They came out here to watch me perform and that's what I came to do, perform for them.
imagined
That is something that I would have never imagined happening. You just have to take it.
guaranteed worry
It's guaranteed I'm going to play Saturday. You don't have to worry about that.
clicking embarrass last start tried
They tried to embarrass us last year, so we've got to go out and start clicking on all cylinders.
figure question
That's my plan, to figure out something by the end of the game. I know that will be the first question they ask.
both brought complaints fresh fun guy kept knowing legs marion splitting time
Actually it was fun splitting time with a guy like Marion Barber. We both brought something different to the table, kept defenses on their toes, not knowing what they're going to get. We always had fresh legs in the game, so splitting time was never a problem. We never had any complaints about who had the ball.
both came decision felt mom talked time together
I talked to my mom a lot about it and she felt like it was the right time and I felt like it is the right time, so we both came to the decision together that this is the right time.
against challenge faced happens michigan rushing time top
It happens every year. We faced Michigan and they had the No. 1 rushing defense. Then you go against Iowa, they had the No. 1 rush defense, then you go against Alabama, they so-called had the No. 1 rush defense. It's nothing we've never faced. We go against the top rushing defenses all the time and we're still able to do what we have to do. It's just another big challenge for us.
hope looking
I was looking at him like, 'I hope he doesn't say anything. He can't say anything. I scored.
bigger bowl deserve game great harder key lost maybe nashville next treat work year
Nashville is a great place and they treat us great. But you don't like going to same bowl game back to back. Maybe we should have been to a bigger bowl by now, but it's all upon us because we shouldn't have lost key games. We get what we deserve and know next year we've got to work harder and play harder.
chances hurt next year
If you're a first-rounder, it's like, why stay? I feel the only thing you can do is hurt your chances next year by getting hurt.
backs came front great learned minnesota seat situation thinking took waited
I came into a situation in Minnesota where I had two great backs in front of me, and I just really took the back seat and learned and waited for my time. It's the same thing I'm thinking about doing here.