LaVar Arrington's Rant to Clinton Portis

GridIronKing34 · Feb 10, 2010

This is a definite must-read for anyone. My respect for Arrington has shot up after reading this.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/02/lavar_arrington_responds_to_cl.html

"I am looking around a field, and as fate would have it, just listen to some of these names, just listen to some of these names," Arrington said. "Champ Bailey. Mark Carrier. Darrell Green. Andre Reed. Dana Stubblefield. Brad Johnson. Deion Sanders. Larry Centers. Marco Coleman. Stephen Davis. Dan 'Big Daddy' Wilkinson. Chris Samuels, my litter mate. Jon Jansen. Irving Fryar. Bruce Smith. I am on the field as a 21-year old young man that has fulfilled the first part of a dream, to make it onto a professional team and actually be something that I wanted to be my whole life. I'm sitting here as a professional, beside myself that I am actually on the same field as these individuals.

"I'm not sitting there looking at these guys like, 'Got that job. Yeah, I'm the man. No. 2 pick. I'm this. Look at my car. Look at my jewels. Look at my house.' I'm not sitting there doing that. I am out there and I'm actually in a situation where I could not even breathe. This is literal. I could not breathe when I was going into the huddle for the plays, because I could not believe that Deion Sanders was tapping me on my shoulders....I could not believe that Darrell Green is standing right there, looking at me, saying my name. Saying my name...."

"And when those practices were over, I was no different than the people who stood behind those barriers cheering for those players on that field. And that was why I was so endearing to those fans, because we were the same person. That's why I had no problem staying hours--not minutes, I had no problem staying hours--after practices with those fans. Because I knew if they knew what I knew, and they felt the way that I felt, if they were in my shoes I would want the same thing in return."
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