Michael Strahan
Michael Strahan
Michael Anthony Strahanis a retired American football defensive end who spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants of the National Football League. Strahan set a record for the most sacks in a season in 2001, and won a Super Bowl in his final season in 2007. After retiring from the NFL, Strahan became a media personality. He is currently a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday, and has also served as co-host on the syndicated morning talk...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 November 1971
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I know they help me, and I'm able to move around and don't have knee problems, and my hip doesn't hurt anymore, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body goes into convulsions.
The great thing coming from sports is you understand the concept of a team. It leaves no room for being selfish, and that's something I picked up from home.
We were lousy, ... and I don't think there is an explanation.
We'd stopped them a couple of times to help us get back in the game, but we come out in the second half and can't get the job done. That's very frustrating.
You know, you want to win and you want a ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.
We have that every year so it's no big deal. Everybody's a professional, nobody's an idiot. We all know each other. We're all friends. We get on the field and it's competitive and it's the same way in practice. It's part of football. I don't think it carries over into the game, and I don't think anybody's trying to hurt anybody.
Today was a morale builder for us. We've played better and we've played worse. But hopefully, this will be the start of an upswing that can take us through the postseason.
We had a lot of mistakes, a lot of things that potentially could hurt us. If we can eliminate those things and continue to do everything else the way that we're doing, I think the sky is the limit.
Usually, when you have a young quarterback out there, you think, 'Just don't turn it over,' ... Let your other superstar players give us a chance to win. Well, with Eli back there, he is the superstar player. He's the guy who's going to make those plays.
Who says we are that good anyway? One week we're worse than dirt, and then the next week we are better than sugar.
You can get up here and have a good time and you don't have to worry about saying the right thing all the time.
You can be disappointed you didn't wrap it up, which I am sure we are. At the same time, it would be even more disappointing if we didn't have another chance. We have another chance. We're disappointed. We're upset. Everybody is mad. But it's not over.
We can be sympathetic to them and what they've gone through, especially since we experienced a similar thing a few years ago. But once we step on the field, the guy across from me is not my friend and I'm not going to try to be his friend.
When you're older, it's harder to stay in this game and play at a Pro Bowl level. I definitely feel it was one of my better years, if not the best. Experience definitely helps, realizing you don't have to rely so much on bulk, mass and strength. You can rely on what you've learned over the years and you can be just as effective.