Troy Polamalu
Troy Polamalu
Troy Aumua Polamaluis a former American football strong safety who played his entire twelve-year career for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Southern California, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was chosen by the Steelers in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He was a member of two of the Steelers' Super Bowl championship teams, and was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth19 April 1981
CityGarden Grove, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I know myself, I missed a lot of tackles -- stuff like that ... (Against Tennessee), it's more of what we weren't doing, which is good because we know we can correct those mistakes.
I really felt I had the ball. But it doesn't matter what I think.
I'm very excited about that. It's something we all wanted. We've been the leader in this division the last few years. It's pretty disappointing to us the way our division ended up. It will be nice to go up there and even the score.
If we want to go where we want to go, we can't play like that, ... We have high expectations of our defense and our organization.
I know where I'm supposed to be at the time of the snap. Now, wherever the play dictates where I'm going to go is a different story. Sometimes I'll compromise my responsibility because I overcompensated, and sometimes I'll get cut short and just fall in the middle of the play, as well.
The ebb and flows were unbelievable. We just had to stick with it. We knew we could make big plays. We've done it all year.
The combination that he carries - with the size, speed and agility - is matched by nobody else.
You've got to be sound in your approach to playing him. If you're not disciplined, and if you don't take the right angle, he'll burn you.
I made a nice highlight tape of him last year. He's definitely a safety I watch. I saw every single one of the plays he played in last year and I took a lot from him.
I'm sure there are softer-speaking guys and harder-hitting guys out there.
I try to take what's given to me and then mold it to be a better football player.
There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.
I work barefooted on balance plates. I do explosive squats on balance surfaces that your body has to use muscles it's not used to. It's all kinds of exercises that your body isn't really used to, and it tricks your body into getting stronger every time.
Fighters are raised into MMA. It's more about what's internal, not what's God given. When you have a great fighter like Rickson Gracie or Fedor Emelianenko-they're greater than the others because they have an internal spiritual being that separates them from the rest in their craft. They have the warrior spirit.