“I wasn't really thinking about football at
first. I was thinking about playing in
the NBA. I don't know. Something just turned
my head, I guess. I don't know what it was.”
- July 20, 2000
Jamal
Brooks
“It was never a dream just to play it. It was
to be good. I don’t think any kid dreams, ‘Oh,
I just want to be on the team and sit on the
bench, you know, and do special teams.’ The
dream is everybody chanting your name and seeing
you score a touchdown in the Super Bowl. That's
the actual dream. So it's all in my hands if I
can do what I want to do.”
- June 16, 2000
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Campell
“Just hearing a lot of criticism, ‘You’re not
gonna play again. You’re not gonna play
again.’ The only thing that does is motivate
me.”
- June 16, 2000
D.J.
Cooper
“I want it deeply for myself, badly for my
family. It’s going to give me the stability
that I need for the rest of my life if I do it
right, plus you know I want to be one of those
Pro Bowl dudes, you know, get up in the Hall of
Fame, represent my school and everybody that
knew me.”
- June 16, 2000
Pete
Destefano
“It shouldn’t be called a coaching session
because they don’t coach shit. It’s like this
is the coverage, and they put it up on the
screen, and they go out to practice. And they
don’t say this is how we run it. It’s kind of
like you just got to, like, know it. So I put
so much work in the night before. I don’t know
how other guys don’t do that. I take the stuff
home. I have flash cards that I study every
night. I get out there for the first, like,
three weeks, I have every play on tape on my
arm.”
- June 19, 2000
Desmond
Gibson
“There’s been times when I’m like, ‘Man, this is
hard,’ but how much better can you get than
playing football, making a lot of money? This
is a dream you know, a chance to play in the NFL
so it’s really not as tough as you think it is
to get yourself through it because it’s
something I’ve always wanted to do.”
- August 10, 2000
Shayne
Graham
“Yeah, I could’ve come out the first time I
kicked and had nobody out there
watching. That’s what makes it fun when you
know that people are gonna see it. And they’re
gonna have impressions of you. The coaches are
watching, your peers, the players are
watching. They’ve never seen you kick
before. They see this little red-headed kid in
the locker room. And they’re like, ‘Is he a
kicker?’ They don’t know anything about me,
really. That’s just the fun of why I enjoy
doing it. If you don’t enjoy those types of
situations, you shouldn’t be in the sport.”
- July 16, 2000
Bill
LaFleur
“When you get to this level, everyone’s a
pro. They are the very best at what they
do. That commands a little bit of respect from
your peers. You know whether it’s a linebacker,
or a lineman or a wide receiver, when they look
over there, they don’t say, ‘Oh that’s just a
punter.’ They say, ‘That is one of the best
punters in the world.’”
- June 10, 2000
Terrence Miles
“It’s a great feeling. I’m thankful for the
opportunity to go to New Orleans and compete for
a position on their roster. It is a good
situation to be going to – with a new coaching
staff and several new players in camp. I’m
looking forward to the challenge.”
- to the Kutztown University Sports Information
Department on April 17, 2000
Chase
Raynock
“The only thing that can stop me is me, and I’m
not going to let that happen.”
- June 15, 2000
WOODY FALGOUX
writes, practices law, and is the co-owner of Cherry Books in Thibodaux,
Louisiana.
Robert
Brannon 
Jamal
Brooks
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Campell
D.J.
Cooper
Pete
Destefano
Desmond
Gibson
Shayne
Graham
Bill
LaFleur
Chase
Raynock
