Rodney Harrison

Rodney Harrison
Rodney Scott Harrisonis a former professional football player of the National Football League. Harrison played safety for the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots. He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection and winner of two Super Bowl rings...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 December 1972
CityMarkham, IL
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I've never been around anything like it. We'd stop 'em, three and out. Then Ryan Leaf and our offense would give 'em the ball back on the first play, so we'd go out and hold them, three and out, again. We never let up.
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Sometimes, ... you just have bad days at the office, and you just have to chalk it up, continue to work hard and look at how each and every guy in this room can get better.
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Everyone wants to judge us and gauge us on what happened in the past, but this is a totally different team. People have to realize that and we understand that. So there's no guarantee that we're going to go out there and do anything.
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You go out there and you play the game hard, but you never want to see anyone down. And I just felt really bad. The guy is vulnerable being down like that. It was just hard on me.
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You'd see guys crying on the plane home,
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It doesn't matter if it's Randy Moss, Chris Chambers. It doesn't matter,
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It definitely affects the way you prepare because you never know who is going to be in there. It affects the communication. However, everyone has to be ready and that's no excuse.
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We know the whole world is against us, basically, and people want us to lose, people want to see us fall. But that's fine. That's just the way it is.
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We have a tough opponent this week. We have to get better.
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He's 6-foot-4, runs like a deer and can jump like Kobe Bryant.
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He's a consummate pro, ... I think I see him more than my wife.
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He's a captain, a leader, a tremendous physical presence in the middle. When you have one of your best friends back, one of your best teammates back, it's always a good, rewarding moment.
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We're not defending anything, because we don't have anything. (This) is a new season, just like 2005 is a new season for the Raiders.
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We're not caught up in history because what we've done in the past means nothing. As soon as you start feeling good about yourself, that's when you've set yourself up for failure.