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
plays respect
I tell them all the time, you have to make plays first before we'll get any respect from a secondary.
guys plays stepped
I think we're pretty much comfortable with any one of those guys in the backfield. They've all stepped up and made big plays this preseason. We feel comfortable with any of those guys going.
guys hitting last plays sent stretch three year
Those are some of the things that we have to hit. We weren't hitting those plays last year. Now we have two or three guys that can make those plays. Last year I was the only one they sent deep. But we have some guys that can stretch the field.
adjusting best coach five game great halftime hall job passing plays running sees six win
Coach Hall does a great job of adjusting on game day. He's one of the best I've ever seen. He will come in at halftime and say, 'Look, here are five running plays and six passing plays and we'll do it and win the game.' He sees things very well.
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.
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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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.
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.
blocking great overall
Blocking downfield overall was great from the receivers.
company easy miss sign
A sign company told us that it is actually pretty easy to miss a sign when you are going that fast.
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.