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
bit calm hard hopefully improved pocket reads
We're working hard this week, and we will be improved in that area. Hopefully I can calm down just a little bit more in the pocket and go through my reads a little quicker.
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.
bit oh respect
Oh my God. I have a lot of respect for him. Even a little bit more than I already had.
bit lead people run
I told him he should have scored a touchdown. I told him he's got to get some lead in his butt a little bit and run some people over.
bit bother changed continue last people win
You would think the world has changed a little bit over the last 20 years. But it happens. People have the right to be able to say what they want to say. We continue to win games, so it doesn't really bother me.
acquainted adjusting bit coaching game gotten great job tremendous
He's gotten a little bit more acquainted with his players. He does a great job of adjusting on game day. He can just look at things and see what we need to do. He does a tremendous job of coaching on game day.
bit feels gives loss lost older taught
He gives us speed, he gives us attitude, he gives us a little bit of swagger. That's one thing about these freshmen: They have not lost much. They don't know what a loss feels like. I think that's one of the things they have taught us older guys.
bit football happens hopefully levels
It was just a little bit of miscommunication like that. It happens, ... It happens at all levels of football and hopefully we can get that corrected.
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.
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.
definitely fill football player shown spots three
I've definitely shown that I'm a football player also. I can do other things. I can fill two or three roster spots with one person.