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 try to be passionate about every aspect of my life, how I love my wife, how I serve my wife, how I serve God. In the same way, I try to be passionate about football. I try to serve my coaches with passion. I try to serve my teammates with passion. I try to serve God, through football, with passion.
I am proud of my heritage and have happily taken advantage of every opportunity to educate my teammates and Steeler Nation about American Samoa, both as a player and in the community, through the Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation.
But I think if any team could do it, it's this team. Maybe that's why our season has gone the way it has.
We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.
I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.
I always try to sacrifice my body for the team.
We're very different football players. We play different positions. The defense calls us to do different things as well.
Everything's been such a whirlwind since the AFC (Championship Game). Everything's great -- just coming straight from the Super Bowl to the Pro Bowl and getting the congratulations from all of these other great players who have had great careers and great seasons, obviously. It's a blessing, that's for sure.
Yeah. It's all about what we do, ... I really believe it's all about what we do, and we've got to force them into situations they don't like to be into.
Well, we know what to expect, but it is a very different situation than earlier in the season. We both have playoff experience and they are very tough at home. It will be very tough for us.
It doesn't matter because they came here and beat us. I think it evens the tables.
It doesn't matter what I think. I know I caught it, fell, rolled over and obviously knocked it out with my knee.
It doesn't matter how I feel. It's not my job to make those calls. I really felt I had the ball, but I'm grateful for how the game turned out.
I think he may have been (confused) a little, ... He could never get comfortable in there because we gave him so many looks.