Ronde Barber
Ronde Barber
Jamael Orondé "Rondé" Barberis a retired American football player who spent his entire 16 year career playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He is the twin brother of Tiki Barber, a former running back for the New York Giants. Barber grew up in Roanoke, Virginia and played college football for the University of Virginia...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 April 1975
CityBlacksburg, VA
bottom matter ugly whether win
No matter how we get it done, whether it's ugly or it's pretty, a win is a win. That's the bottom line.
breeds call definitely doubt football good guys last losing winning
There's no doubt about it. I think winning breeds camaraderie. We had camaraderie last year, but losing didn't really make it that much better. There's definitely a combination of the two, the young guys and the old guys. The balance, I guess, you could call it. It's really good on this football team.
care everybody likes takes winning
Winning is always first. Winning is always first. When you win, everybody likes each other, and that takes care of chemistry.
came coming excited expected james people proverbial raymond tough win
Sure, it's important. If you can't win at home, where can you win? It's the proverbial 12th man. You've got to get people excited about coming to Raymond James Stadium. It's been a while. ... It used to be when you came here, you expected a tough game. We've got to get back to that for sure.
found gave goals regardless win
That was one of our goals, to win the NFC South, and we found a way to do it. Regardless of what 2004 was all about, 2005 gave us a new opportunity.
everybody excited
Everybody is excited about where we are right now. It's a 12-man dance. We've got one of the tickets, so let's go party.
anyone locker outside
Not to anyone outside of the locker room.
aside ball blocks line man mike offense
That guy's like Mike Alstott beefed up, ... Aside from being a big man in general, he catches the ball well and he blocks well. They line him up all over the field. He's as important to that offense as anybody.
acting feisty hands happen point running trying
It was just two guys, testosterone running high, acting like idiots, ... I was trying to get his hands off me. You live with those things. Obviously, you don't want them to happen at that point in the game, but I'm a feisty dude, he's a feisty dude. It's football.
against bit great knows league quality rest road week
The rest of the league knows now that we can be even better this year. We got after them a little bit tonight. Week 1, on the road against a great quarterback and a quality opponent. That's doing something.
couple definitely golf hit nerves realize shake
The nerves definitely hit you. It hit me a couple of times. You get over it, you shake it off. You have to realize it's just a golf game.
It's not always about the sacks. It's about the quarterback pressure.
best chance guess knew seemed throw
It seemed like they knew they weren't going to be down there again. I guess they thought their best chance was to throw it.
again cap creative creeping found next numbers older start year
Every year is a do-or-die year ... especially when the cap numbers start creeping up on the older guys. (Allen) found a way to get it done for this off-season. You never know if we're going to have to be creative and do it again next off-season.