[Redskins News] Redskins RB Clinton Portis Motivated By Public Criticism

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Redskins RB Clinton Portis Motivated By Public Criticism

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Posted By: BigBlueBruiser 04-18-2010 , 04:53 PM	#1

Running Back Clinton Portis spoke with reporters at Redskins Park for the first time since the Redskins signed veteran free agents Larry Johnson and Willie Parker to compete with him in the backfield, and said he wasn't surprised by the signings and called the pair "great pickups." "I think we'll find a way to make it work. I think that's beauty," Portis said. "Some people say you can never have too much and some people say there's not enough balls to go around, but I think the situation will work itself out. I think everybody is going to add a different dimension and come here and help this team." Portis will be 29 by Week 1 and has nearly 9,700 carries already behind him, but he was reflective with reporters when discussing how much he has left. "I'm at the point of [being] tired to prove myself," he said. "Six out of eight years that I've been in the NFL, I've been consistent. Two years that I got hurt, which was unfortunate, I still went out and averaged 4.2 yards per carry or so and was doing pretty good. I think you get wrote off so quick. And people get tired of having a mainstay. I sat this offseason and had a chance to think. All the stuff I've done for this organization through the years. Everybody [said], 'Oh, the Redskins suck.' I always put this organization on my back and went out and gave everything I had. And it's still, like outcast. Get Portis out of here. Like I'm the reason the Redskins wasn't winning. When I think I was a guy who tried and gave everything I had to bring joy to this organization. You feel like everybody wants you out. To not have [my] back, everybody just turned their back. I say for all the naysayers and the haters, they finally opened my eyes this offseason. I think that's the motivation that I needed, just to feel like it's me against the world again. Everybody, all the media out there who wanted me out of here, who felt like I couldn't do it, I got something for you all. The time will come. I'm just staying patient and let you all see. I'm gonna let my work speak for itself." Portis also said he doesn't feel any lingering problems from the concussion that ended his season prematurely last November. "I feel good," he said.

Source: Washington Post

04-18-2010, 05:02 PM

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I like it when athletes take this approach to criticism. More fuel.

CP you suck ass.

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04-18-2010, 05:13 PM

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