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
dying great tom
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, they're great quarterbacks, but they're going to be a dying breed. Defenses are getting too fast. You can't have quarterbacks who are statues.
believe character everybody game god pray says value whatever
We pray before every game as a team. You don't have to go back there and pray. But everybody does. That says a lot about the character of the team. It says a lot about how much they value their God and whatever they believe in.
coming game michigan next ourselves tough
We're not done. We've got ourselves a tough Michigan game coming up next weekend.
definitely needed speed
We definitely needed some speed on the outside. I haven't been around for much winning.
due fear reactive starts
We become reactive due to fear, but after a while that fear starts to dissipate, so we relax,
focus forgotten mind night saturday thinking totally tough trying
It was tough all of Saturday night and all of Sunday, I was thinking about what we could have done differently, ... But now I've totally forgotten about it. I'm just trying to get it out of my mind and focus on Illinois.
feeling god great handle learned time tough
It was tough feeling like you could do some things better than the other guy, but at the same time it was tough on Zack Mills, too. He's a great quarterback, and I learned a lot from him. ... I just think that God put me here for a reason, and if I can handle this, I can handle anything.
against either tough
It was a long, long night. It was hard-hitting all the way. It was tough (for either team) to get anything going against the defenses.
coach mind respect senior
The senior class, we made up our mind in the off season. You know, Coach Paterno wasn't getting the respect he deserved.
bowl football taking waiting
He's taking it OK. He understands he's still a young guy. He has a lot of football to play. He's waiting to see if he can make it back for a bowl or not.
anyone deep good guys hurt pass patterns people running
He's one of those guys that people really don't think can hurt you, but he can. He's probably as good at running the deep pass patterns as anyone we got on the team. He's making the most of his opportunities.
exactly great hits last lets offense open patient runner supposed waited year
He's a more patient runner now. Now, he lets things open up and then he hits them. Before he waited too long. Now, he hits them exactly when he's supposed to hit them. He has made great improvement, even from last year to this. He will be a big part of this offense this year.
hurt scare supposed tactic wound
He said it was just supposed to be a scare tactic to wound him, not hurt him like he did.
bit knowing last needs personnel quiet whatever
Galen was very quiet last year. He did what he did, but he was very quiet. Now he?s more out there. He?s yelling, getting on people. That comes from him knowing his personnel a little bit more, knowing what he has and being able to do whatever he needs to do with it.