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Clinton Portis Quotes:

Clinton Portis quotes

Ocupation: American football running back

Life: b. September 1, 1981

Birthday: September 1

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If y'all see me in the news, and I make the news for something that I ain't got no business making it for, don't bash me. Say it was a young guy living.

Topics: Guy, News, Young, Bash

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I don't feel like I have to live up to anything because I've proven that I can play. Give me the ball and let's go.

Topics: Play, Giving, Balls

I have the opportunity to control what happens in a game. I'll have the ball in my hand, and only I know what I'm going to do with it.

Topics: Opportunity, Hands, Games

I have a special gift, and I go out and use it. I don't think you can hide it. I'm just confident in myself-always have been.

Topics: Thinking, Special, Use, Special Gifts

I was a pretty good DB, but I realized one day I would rather have someone trying to tackle me than me trying to tackle guys like Jerome Bettis and Eddie George.

Topics: Guy, Trying, One Day

A man can wear pink if he has confidence, if he believes in himself and knows he's man enough to do it.

Topics: Believe, Men, Enough

Every day I wake up, I say, 'Damn, I hope I don't get that call today.' I don't want to lose my mama. When I start thinking about that, I fall into a hole.

Topics: Fall, Thinking, Wake Up

I didn't get my hair styled today. I actually stuck my hand in a socket and this is the way it turned out.

Topics: Hair, Hands, Today

I can be a receiver, a cornerback, a safety and quarterback-I can play everything.

Topics: Play, Safety, Quarterback, Receiver

Hopefully I don't have to play for eight years but can go and relax somewhere and do something enjoyable while I'm still young.

Topics: Eight, Years, Play

On offense, you can fumble and they still talk about you.

Topics: Offense, Stills

I don't feel like there should have been three backs taken ahead of me. And I'll always feel that way. But there's only one draft, and I can't change it. All I can do is go out and prove myself.

Topics: Taken, Should Have, Three, Prove Myself

I'm instinctive. I'm still learning how to run the ball. What I've done may look good to everyone else, but I know I'm capable of more than I've shown.

Topics: Running, Balls, Looks

I'm not bitter at all. I think my memories in Denver are great.

Topics: Memories, Thinking, Denver

I'll do anything for kids but I don't sign anything for grownups anymore.

Topics: Kids, Grownups

When a grown man is chasing you around a building or running through the hotel and trying to jump in your elevator, oh man, I can't even see it. What excitement can you possibly get from having my autograph besides selling it?

Topics: Running, Men, Trying

It's exciting when kids look up to you or kids come up to you and ask for your autograph. When grown ups come up to you, that's really not exciting. Why would a grown man be excited for meeting another grown man?

Topics: Kids, Men, Looks

Everybody who I play always wants to use me, so I always tell them that I'm the only one who knows how to stop Portis, so go ahead.

source: - Source: www.ign.com

Topics: Play, Use, Want

As far as dude running the ball, or running with the ball, and somebody hit you helmet to helmet, I think you got an opportunity to go down. You got an opportunity to slide.

source: - "Clinton Portis: Crackdown on Hitting Could Make Game Less Exciting". Interview with Jason Reid, voices.washingtonpost.com. October 19, 2010.

Topics: Running, Opportunity, Player, Nfl Players

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