Ryan Clark
Ryan Clark
Ryan Terry Clarkis a former American football safety who played in the National Football League. He played college football at Louisiana State University, and was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2002. Clark has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and for the Washington Redskins. He won the Vince Lombardi Trophy with the Steelers, defeating the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth13 October 1979
CityMarrero, LA
base beauty coming fan fit great hate swinging team terrible wonderful
It's a wonderful day. I was at the airport, swinging my terrible towel. I was with a team with a great fan base now -- they're going to hate me for this -- but I'm with a team with an even better one. The beauty of it is I'm coming to a team that's already great. I'll just try to fit in and be part of this great organization.
couple forward good improve kids looking
We're looking forward to that. Hopefully, we get a couple new kids in that are pretty good and improve on what we're already doing.
against asked became dictate neither pace pressure sides speed
We were asked to get pressure on them. They wanted to pressure us. It was two sides that wanted to dictate. We weren't going to let them dictate the pace to us, and they weren't going to let us dictate to them. Neither was going to give in, and so it became our speed against theirs.
coming pro veteran
We're coming at him like we're coming at any veteran quarterback. You never know, he may be on his way to a Pro Bowl. You have to play him that way.
bowl definitely egos everybody fair guys player pro wants
We don't have any stars. We don't have a Pro Bowl player on defense, which I don't think is fair because we definitely have guys who play like it. There's no egos on our team. Everybody wants to play everybody.
chance chip excited gave given guys people proving relish wrong
A lot of people say I play with a chip on my shoulder, ... I don't have a chip. I'm in the NFL; there's no chip. I'm just excited to be playing, and excited to get the chance I've been given here. And I want to keep making the guys who gave me a chance look good, and the people who didn't look bad. I do relish that, but I've been proving people wrong for a long time.
coach felt lose needs positive practice williams
Coach Williams was on us all day. It felt like a practice after we lose a game. He won't let you get too high. But when he needs to be positive about things, he is.
appreciate concerned everybody pray talked
I talked to everybody, and they got out safely. The only thing I'm concerned about is their being able to get back to their homes, so I'd appreciate it if everybody would pray for them.
enjoyed enthusiasm great helped himself morale people players team time
He helped our team morale just to have him out there with the kind of enthusiasm he has. Sometimes people look at players and say, 'Oh, he's big-headed,' and this and that. But he just wanted to play and it really showed and he enjoyed himself and had a great time and it rubbed off on us.
guy hit key passes
Being physical, that's going to be the key for us. They are going to take those 2-yard and 5-yard passes ... But when a guy catches a 2-yard pass and they hit them in the mouth, they don't like that.
tackled
I look at him like, hmmm, I just tackled him.
came camp ended expected last matter nobody nor ready starting telling worry year
I really don't know, ... nor can I really worry about it. One thing we know from last year is there's no telling who's going to play. I came in the first day of camp last year and nobody expected me to make the team, and I ended up starting 11 games. No matter who we put out there, he's going to be ready to play.
hall himself ice job john nfl nick somewhere understand
Ice water. He probably doesn't understand right now. He's getting himself a job somewhere if (injured) John Hall comes back. Nick Novak is going to be an NFL kicker.
hall himself ice job john nfl nick somewhere understand
Ice water, ... He probably doesn't understand right now. He's getting himself a job somewhere if (injured) John Hall comes back. Nick Novak is going to be an NFL kicker.