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
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.
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.
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.
believed everybody job team time
That was probably the time everybody on the team believed I could get the job done.
adjust defense field game gives offense press stretch teams
If teams come up and press us, we have to stretch the field a little bit. The versatility of this offense is that we're able to adjust on game day and take what the defense gives us.
game great kept playing quit team
It was emotional, but what a great way to go out, playing a great team like Wisconsin. It was hard-fought and they never quit. There were a lot of times in that game where they could have quit but they kept pushing.
bad hard judge might pick team
They know all our plays, so when we do things it might not look that bad in a game, so you just don't know. And we know their plays, so we pick up some of their blitzes that another team might not pick up. It's hard to judge right now.
came definitely football highlights life people team
This is definitely one of the highlights of my life and my career. This football team definitely came out and wanted to show people some things.
blown game next teams
After every game they've lost, the next game they've come out and blown teams out.
came definitely fans hands low obligation players somebody talks team turn
He always talks about 'I'm not going to put the team in somebody else's hands while we're at a low point. He definitely doesn't want to turn the team over and us not be good. I definitely feel he has an obligation to all the fans and the players who came before us. We feel the same way.
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.