Justin Tuck
Justin Tuck
Justin Lee Tuckis a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Notre Dame, and was drafted by the New York Giants of the National Football Leaguein the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft, winning two Super Bowl titles with the team, both against the New England Patriots. He also played for the Oakland Raiders. Tuck will be going to Wharton for his MBA in September 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth29 March 1983
CityKellyton, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I love black diamonds. They say your watch or jewelry wasn't cheap, but they aren't too flashy and in your face.
I used to like cufflinks, but I got too lazy for them. I realized I don't need them for a polished tailoring look, so more times than not, I skip them.
There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.
Everything to me is about team football, and if we keep winning Super Bowl trophies, I'll be fine.
I was pretty much seen as a basketball player coming out of high school. Football was my second love, but luckily, I turned out to be pretty good. Something just drew me to football; besides, I ended up being too short for my position in basketball.
You have to be equal at both - great at football and great at dedicating yourself to the academics at Notre Dame. It's hard. There are no rooty-toot classes for athletes in South Bend.
We're all brought up to believe that the best players show up in the biggest games, and what bigger game than the Super Bowl? I've just been blessed and very lucky to have two of my best games on that stage.
For me, I'm lucky to have a lot of close friends - through football or through my family.
It's funny, because when I went down to the combine for the interviews with teams, Charles Haley is the name that came up a lot as a comparison to the way I play. A lot of people said that I reminded them of him, and that's a great honor.
As long as I feel the love of the game and my health is good, I'm going to play. I don't want to be one of these guys who stays too long or regrets leaving early. Football has been great to me.
This camp, being my first, it's a vital one.
He's a tough man. I talked to him a little bit this morning and he told me he fully expects to be out there. I'm expecting it, too.
God has a plan for everybody's life, so there was obviously a reason why He wanted me to go to Notre Dame. Everything happens for a reason.
Any time you have defensive ends going above you in the draft, when you know you put up numbers that were equal to better, you just have to use that as motivation. Whenever you're the underdog, you have to have the right attitude and just go out there and be yourself; just play.