Willie Parker
Willie Parker
Willie Everette Parker, Jr. is a retired American football running back who played for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. After playing college football for North Carolina, he was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2004...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth11 November 1980
CityClinton, NC
along arm came expecting guy helped saw took type
When I came here, I wasn't even expecting to play. He (Bettis) was a type of guy who took me under his arm and saw something in me and he just helped me out along the way.
filling guys looked looking player ready role starting though
I always look at myself as a role player anyways, so I wasn't looking at myself as the starter, ... Even though I was starting I looked at it as though I was filling in. When those guys got back I was ready for whatever.
asked beginning career college felt good guys hits last question
That's a blessing. I didn't take many hits in college and now my career is beginning really. I felt good out there today. And to all those guys who asked if I could last the whole game; I should ask you that question now. You got your question answered.
asked beginning career college felt good guys hits last question thats
Thats a blessing, ... I didnt take many hits in college and now my career is beginning really. I felt good out there today. And to all those guys who asked if I could last the whole game; I should ask you that question now. You got your question answered.
behind guys people run
A lot of people can run behind those guys. Those guys are good.
guys headed road
You could say that. Some guys don't take the road I took. They don't have to. Some guys have been headed this way for a long time.
anybody fuel knowing motivates people saying wake
I don't think anybody at UNC thought I could make it up here. That's what motivates me every day when I wake up, knowing that there are people out there saying I can't do something. That's like fuel on your fire.
alan easy hole paved score
We wanted to come out and score right away and get some momentum. Alan paved the hole and then it was just me and the safeties. I had the easy part.
blame coaches decided eye player seeing situations
I wouldn't blame it all on the coaches. I will take some of the blame also. We just weren't seeing eye to eye. It was one of those situations where the coaches are going to be always right and the player is never right. They decided not to play me, and I had to live with it.
blame eye seeing
I wouldn't blame it all on the coaches. I will take some of the blame, also. We just weren't seeing eye to eye.
accolades defensive gets happy offensive team
More interviews, ... I'm just happy for this team that we got a win. The accolades will always be there. It's not really about who gets offensive awards, defensive awards, it's about the team and the win.
wide
I thought it was going to come back to me. But Hines was wide open.
biggest came care record seed shocked sixth
Records? I don't really care about that record. The biggest record is that we were the sixth seed and we came in and shocked the world.
watching
Man, watching Jerome all day long, he just is what he is.