Super Bowl champ chats with Gnite
By: MEKAYEL H. LUKE
Issue date: 3/4/10 Section: Sports
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He graduated from Grambling State University in three years and enrolled in graduate school his senior year. After completing graduate studies he left to play in the NFL and played for the Chicago Bears in his first year.
Winning the Championship marked a significant milestone in the life of the promising football player. The following interview was conducted on his way to the Super Bowl victory parade (Lombardi Gras).
Q: What got you started?
A: When I was younger, football was a way of entertainment or extracurricular activity. It was an outlet for fun and that's the only reason I did it.
I started playing organized football during my junior year in high school.
I was then offered a scholarship by Northwestern, Southern, and Grambling.
I chose Grambling because of its prestige. It's an HBCU. Many great athletes went there. Grambling was also three-time SWAC champion at the time, and Doug Williams was the coach during my first year.
Q: What is your biggest accomplishment in your sport?
A: Up to this point, it would definitely have to be the Super Bowl. It is a team accomplishment-the mecca of the pro-football world.
Q: What are one or two things that you currently do in your training that are keys to your success?
A: I'd say eating because it is a correlation to how you train. Another one would be nutrition, and also pushing yourself to an unbearable level where you ask yourself is it dangerous to my body to continue to work so hard? Or is it even more dangerous to give in to the fatigue?
Q: What is your diet like?
A: ... Especially in season ... I eliminate all fried foods. And that normally gets my diet to where it needs to be. I'm a fish guy (laughs).
Not fried food-seafood and pasta. Because at the end of the day all that plays a part in how your body performs.
Q: What would be your ultimate achievement?
A: Having an ultimate opportunity to put on a Saints uniform and play in the Superdome.
I have accomplished something no one thought I could, and taking it home, cause that would be the high point in my career.
Q: How do you set your goals?
A: Realistic … I don't wanna have far-fetched goals ... I prioritize and have a lot of discipline. It is impossible to achieve any goal without discipline.
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