Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson
Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 as a Penn State quarterback. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2011 as a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks.
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth6 February 1983
CityRichmond, VA
ability athletic both gift
My athletic ability is both a gift and curse.
anxious respect teams
I'm anxious to see what our young receivers can do, man-on-man coverage, because I know teams aren't going to respect us at first.
class coach deserved knew minds respect senior team
This senior class made up our minds in the off-season that coach Paterno was not getting the respect he deserved. His team was not getting the respect it deserved and we always knew we were about a play or two away.
either practice
When you go on the practice field, two things are going to happen. You're either going to get better, or you're going to get worse.
bound
When you are down here for so long, things are bound to get a little sloppy.
bit focused seems stay team
This team seems a bit different. Something about this team is different. I don?t know what it is. We always seem to stay focused when we have to.
craig giving loved whenever
Whenever I thought about giving up, whenever I thought about giving in, I thought about Craig. Craig would have loved to have been in my situation.
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god grass greener handle side situation
The grass is always going to look greener on the other side of the fence. I just think God put me in this situation for a reason. If I can handle this, I can handle pretty much anything.
calm coach excited few joe last
We wanted to come back from last week, ... We were really excited going into this game. Joe (coach Joe Paterno) had to tell us to calm down a few times.
against cut definitely
We can?t play like that against Wisconsin, because if we do, we will lose, ... We definitely have to cut down on the mistakes.
guys outside
We have guys on the outside who can make plays.
call great loss people quits
To think that people actually wanted him to give up the game, to call it quits -- I'm at a loss for words. He's a great coach.
changed coach couple difference last players record results totally
It's not that much of a difference from the last couple years. We were just a couple players away from our record being totally different. Coach really hasn't changed much. It's just that the results have changed.