Tamba Hali
Tamba Hali
Tamba Boimah Haliis a Liberian-born American football outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He played college football at Penn State, where he earned All-American honors, and was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft...
bodies maybe people road side stack
Sometimes you'd see a lot of people killed, sometimes maybe just a person. Sometimes you'd see a stack of bodies on the side of the road as you were walking.
heads people shows
It shows we can keep people out of the end zone. Calvin fumbled the ball, and we didn't put our heads down.
explain feeling gone happened hard maybe people produce seen situation somebody today war
It's hard to explain to somebody what it's like when they haven't really gone through it. We produce a lot of war games, and we've seen (on TV) what happened in Iraq. But it's hard to explain to people what it's like to actually be in that situation and feeling like maybe today I could die.
burden faith worrying
I keep her in my prayers. I don't try to make it a burden on me, every day worrying about her. I just have faith that she's doing well.
ask believed nobody orange ten win
It's big, man. Nobody believed in us. We come in and go 11-1, win the Big Ten and then come here and win the Orange Bowl. I mean, you can't ask for more.
drop pressure time
We weren't going to let them drop back and pass. Every time he went back, we got to him. The pressure was great. They weren't going to get down the field.
happening
We didn't know what to do. Then it started happening all the time. So we went into hiding.
contact hard knowing relief stable
Before it was real hard getting in contact with her because we didn't know where she was. Now she's in a stable place. It's a relief just knowing she's doing better.
athletes fell graduating high minorities percent
They were graduating 86-90 percent of their athletes that year, and they were graduating minorities (at a) high (rate). Everything just fell into place for me.
couple flee mother
After a couple of times of this, my mother and (stepfather) thought (the kids) should flee the country.
bring trying
That was 1994. But I'm trying to bring her over now. My sister, too.
bodies road side sitting stack
Sometimes it would be a lot (of people). Sometimes it would be just one. Sometimes you'd see a stack of bodies sitting on the side of the road while you're walking.
game thinking
You never come into a game thinking it's going to be easy. But everything really went our way in this one.
file married
We were blood-born (to his father). He was already (remarried) here. She was married as well. So she couldn't file for her.