Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
Marshall William Faulkis a former college and professional American football player who was a running back in the National Football Leaguefor twelve seasons. He played college football for San Diego State University, and was a two-time consensus All-American. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts as the second overall pick in the 1994 NFL Draft, and he also played professionally for the NFL's St. Louis Rams. Faulk is one of only three NFL playersto reach at least 10,000 rushing yards...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth26 February 1973
CityNew Orleans, LA
Is it hard? It's hard. I mean, it's not easy. There's some work that's involved. But it's just like everything else -- you work for it, you get it. And if you sit down and you talk about it and you make it like, 'Oh, it was rough. It was tough.' There are kids at home scratching their heads like, 'Oh, boy, I don't have what it takes to make it because I can't run the football like he does.' That has nothing to do with it. When I talk to kids, I let them know it's not about that. You can do it. You don't have to be a football player to do it.
There's a lot of football to be played, but we can't let this snowball. We've got to correct some things now.
If you understand what the other team is trying to do to stop you, it makes your job easier.
My vision is my best attribute. I can see everything.
Knowledge relaxes me. Football is all about playing faster. You play faster when you know more.
Once the game begins, I play to that song in my head. I run to rhythm, and that allows my mind to be free.
Going in is really more of an acknowledgment that kids in poverty, in their situations, can get out of it, and it doesn't always come from sports.
There's no fast track, no easy track, especially from where I came from. You try to take the most of it and learn from it and hope others learn from it. That's what it is about.
If [the Packers] can protect Aaron Rodgers and allow him to throw the ball down the field this game will not even be a contest. But if they do not, and Minnesota can come in here and run the football, we are going to have ourselves a good game tonight.
Today, the Ravens answered: What is our identity? 'We are the same old team. We can play the same style of football.
I didn't always walk that straight line. I'm not going to say that I'm an angel. But I made some right decisions along the way.
I'm not a big power-and-strength guy, but I have a lot of balance, and I can take hits and stay on my feet. I control myself real good, shift my weight, and run real low. I do things that people haven't seen some of the running backs in the league do.
If you're going to start something-if it's worth starting-then it's worth finishing. That's what I live by.
Everything is out and people are going into survivor mode,