Matt Birk
Matt Birk
Matthew Robert "Matt" Birkis a former American football center. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and later played for the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football at Harvard. Birk is a two-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowl selection, and one-time Super Bowl champion...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth23 July 1976
guys incident scares wakes
Hopefully, this incident wakes some guys up and scares them straight.
besides loaf meat
Besides steaks and fish, we're going to have meat loaf and big old burgers.
fun
We put the fun in dysfunctional, don't we?
ecstatic emotion moments separate
I would have been ecstatic to play this year. And I'm disappointed that I'm not. But also, at those moments when I separate the emotion from it all, I think this is probably the right thing to do, not only for myself and my career, but also for the Vikings.
both burned candle caught feeling focused healthy last
Right now I'm just focused on getting healthy and feeling good. It's a bummer. Going through what I went through last year, I burned the candle at both ends. It caught up to me.
guy last
Like him or not, say what you want about him, but the guy makes plays. He said he was going to make up for last week, and go out and make some plays. He showed up today.
again assume career felt injured last pain playing risked shortened team unless willing
Playing with pain is part of the game. But I felt that I had risked my career by playing injured last year, and probably shortened it. And I wasn't willing to do it again unless the team was going to assume some of the risk.
pain playing
Playing with pain is part of the game,
steve worth
Steve Hutchinson, in my opinion, is worth that money.
hip
I feel great; this right hip will not keep me out of the regular-season opener.
asking bit bowls deal football good people pro quality worth
He's as good as there is. Just from the little bit I know about him from some Pro Bowls and around the league, he's a quality guy, too. When people were asking me about the deal he signed, I said if anybody's worth that kind of money, he is. In my opinion, he's that good.
almost felt rookie
I almost felt like a rookie again, but that's OK. I'll take it.
believed concerned decided eye health later looked physical plans point sit talk
(Wilf) decided he wanted to sit down with me at some point later on and talk about some stuff. All he said is he was concerned about my physical health and he wanted to sit down and talk with me about it. He looked me in the eye and told me that and I believed him, which made me think also that I'm in the long-term plans here, the long-term thoughts, which is great, because I want to be.
people surprised
We're kind of on a roll. People are surprised we're 5-0. But we're not.