Willie McGinest
Willie McGinest
William Lee McGinest, Jr.is a retired American football linebacker who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots fourth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth11 December 1971
CityLong Beach, CA
against best guys statements sunday teams voices win
Voices don't win games; playmakers do. If I want to make a statement, then this Sunday we'll be out there, all the guys that need to make statements will be out there making their statements against one of the best teams in the league. That's what we'll try to do. That's how we'll make our statement.
contract help sign team
I didn't want to go to a team to sign a contract and get some money. I wanted to be a part of a family. They made me feel like family. They made me feel needed, like I could come in and help them.
beat best change good playing team
They beat us pretty bad. They're a good team, and they're playing their best football. I don't think they're doing anything different. Why change anything when you have a good team like that?
best coming football hands next teams
We can do a lot of things better. We have one of the best teams if not the best team in football right now coming in here next week. We have our hands full. If we don't get better, there are going to be some problems.
feisty says support team tom whatever
Tom is a feisty guy. He says what's on his mind. He's on our team so I support whatever he says.
bowl means playoffs super teams
I think it means nothing. If that were true, then teams that have been in the playoffs would be in the playoffs and the Super Bowl every year. I think it's a whole new season. It's a new game, it's a new season.
team winning two
They need to do two things if they’re going to be great and win a championship: take the ball away and keep teams out of the end zone. You have those two things, that’s the recipe for a championship.
allowing games stopping
We've been stopping the run, allowing us to make games more one-dimensional.
game ourselves plan ready stop trying
We are trying to get ourselves ready for our game plan and stop the run. If we can't do that, nothing else really matters.
aggressive hit people
We're going to be aggressive and go at people and hit people.
dirty eric great likes
Eric is aggressive. He likes to win. He likes to get after people. He understands football. He's been in a lot of great systems. He's been with Bill. He's done his dirty work, he's done his time.
eric great job positions putting
Eric did a great job of putting us in positions to be successful.
coming everybody guys hard hurt ourselves pride step trying win
We don't pride ourselves on getting guys hurt and still trying to win games. We need everybody we can (get). We just play hard and guys that are coming in have to just step up.
entire man richard
I was around Richard when he was going through it. We're close. ... He had to be the man for his entire family, not just the man of his own house. So there were a lot of responsibilities put on his shoulders.