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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
call crazy destroy explain feeling good knew phone
I can't explain what I was going through at that time. I knew I was doing some good things on the field, and I was feeling really confident, but I also knew that one phone call could destroy all of it. Like I said, I had confidence, but there's also this feeling you have. It's a crazy feeling, one that isn't very fun.
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.