Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Antonio Burress is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft and also played for the New York Giants and the New York Jets. He caught the game-winning catch of Super Bowl XLII as the Giants beat the New England Patriots. He played college football at Michigan State...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth12 August 1977
CityNorfolk, VA
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I was surprised to see that. I didn't expect him to follow me to both sides of the field. I said, 'Oh man, I've got my work cut out for me today.' He's one of the best there is. We had a good battle. I won some, and he won some.
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Last year taught me to just take my job more seriously, ... I have to remember that I'm doing what I love to do and I've got the best job in the world. I've got to treat it that way.
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She drove a public school bus for 13, 14 years, every day, then would come home and cook, and she wouldn't eat because there wasn't enough food for all of us,
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I make those plays every day in practice. I just didn't make it.
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I felt my opportunities were kind of limited, so to speak, and at times I kind of felt (like I was) playing in shackles,
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I felt my opportunities were kind of limited, so to speak, and at times, I kind of felt myself like playing in shackles. They weren't going to change, and I wasn't going to change.
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I can't do anything but go forward. I learned from every aspect last year, from being hurt and losing my position, to hearing it from the fans and the media and getting criticized. I survived it.
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We all know that we've been one play away from winning the football game. I think we know that there's one or two plays that kind of comes back and bites us a little bit. If we don't have a lull on those one or two plays, then we win the football game.
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We all knew we pretty much shot ourselves in the foot in that second quarter. Everyone knew we just had to cut out the mistakes.
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(The opportunity for completions has) definitely been there. But for some reason we've kind of stayed away from it a little bit.
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We're not leading the league in scoring for no reason. Two weeks ago when we played the Rams (and won 44-24) we could've scored 65 points. We know we're leaving plays on the field even though we're putting up big numbers. And we know we can get a lot better.
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I told the guys, this is the small hat. I want the championship hat.
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Everybody has their day at the office, Jay's one of the best kickers in the league. He's been doing a great job for us.
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Everybody has their day at the office, ... Jay's one of the best kickers in the league. He's been doing a great job for us.