David Akers
David Akers
David Roy Akersis a former American football placekicker. He played college football at Louisville, and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 1997...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth9 December 1974
CityLexington, KY
good weekend
I feel good about going into this weekend and being productive,
talked
I can't say we haven't talked about that,'' Reid said,
anyone leave team trying
I can't leave the team hanging, especially on kickoffs, ... I never want anyone to think I'm trying to wimp out.
coming dramatic ending great guess week
I thought coming in to that first kickoff, 'Man, what a great week of recovery,' ... I guess it just made for a more dramatic ending to the game.
chris rick
Really, (trainers) Rick Burkholder and Chris Peduzzi know more than I do,
help however identify people valley willing
People in the Tug Valley can identify because they've been through hellacious floods. People here are willing to help however they can.
ball looking mark
I think Mark was just looking for the big ball too much.
honestly kick proudest
I'm honestly proudest of this kick today. I can honestly say that.
honestly kick proud
I'm honestly most proud of that kick today.
cold enjoy enjoyed greatest locker moments room sports
That was one of the greatest sports moments of my life. It was too cold to enjoy it outside, though. I enjoyed it in the locker room afterwards.
ball game honestly hurt kick needed pain proud tight today
You know it's going to hurt for only one second, and then the game can be over, ... I'm honestly most proud of this kick today. Today they needed me out there. It was a tight ball game. I needed to be able to be out there if at all possible. But honestly, that was more pain than anything.
game hurt hurts leg second
You know it's going to hurt for one second and then the game is over. My whole leg hurts right now.
behind instead looking next people trusting
Everything, ... If you're not confident, and you don't feel that you're going to win, and you don't feel that people have your back, then you're not successful, because you're always looking behind you to see that what you're doing is OK, instead of just trusting in yourself, trusting in the person next to you that everything is going to be OK.
game hurt
When you go out there, you know it's only going to hurt for 1 second, and then the game can be over.