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
beat faster people race
I usually don't tell people this. Michael, while I wouldn't say he's faster than me, he beat me in a race before. But I try not to give him any credit.
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.
behind guys people run
A lot of people can run behind those guys. Those guys are good.
credit great job moving offensive people success
He's like having another offensive lineman out there. Make that a great offensive lineman, if you look at it. He does a great job of moving people out of the way. You've got to give him a lot of credit for the success I've had.
checked family half listened messages people text
A lot of my family and friends called. I probably had 28 text messages and 30 voicemails. I (didn't) know half the people but I checked them and listened to them.
checked family half listened messages people text
A lot of my family and friends called, ... I probably had 28 text messages and 30 voicemails. I (didn't) know half the people but I checked them and listened to them.
nice
It would be nice ... But it's not about me, it's about the team.
money tickets
I shelled out a lot of money for tickets for this game,
dreaming hope
I've been dreaming about this chance. It should be interesting. I just hope we live up to the expectations.
wide
I thought it was going to come back to me. But Hines was wide open.
watching
Man, watching Jerome all day long, he just is what he is.
control happened happens
We know there is a lot of history. We don't look at that, because when things are said and done, what happened then, and what happened yesterday, won't have any control over what happens on Sunday. We just go out and play this game.
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.