BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE PAST 8-10
WEEKS JUST HAVEN'T GONE AS WE
WOULD HAVE LIKED.
COULD TOMORROW BE THE FINAL
GAME FOR LINE BARK SHAD
GREENWAY?
HE COULD REQUIRE AND CALL IT A
CAREER.
WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT
THAT AND MUCH MORE.
LET'S GO BACK.
WHAT'S THIS SEASON BEEN LIKE
FOR YOU?
ONE THING ABOUT PLAYING FOR THE
VIKINGS IS YOU HAVE SEEN
EVERYTHING.
WHAT WAS THIS ONE?
IT'S BEEN A WILD RIDE THIS
YEAR.
IT'S BEEN INDICATIVE OF A LOT
OF LIKE 2010 WHERE SORT OF
SEEMED LIKE ANYTHING BAD COULD
HAPPEN, HAPPENED.
YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THAT AS
AN EXCUSE OR CRUTCH OBVIOUSLY.
WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING IT'S ABOUT
WINNING.
FINDING A WAY TO WIN.
ALL OF THE THINGS YOU ALWAYS
HEAR ABOUT.
WE LACK THAT ABILITY THIS
YEARER.
I FEEL LIKE ANSWER THE
QUESTION SO PUMP HAD.
BUT REALLY JUST BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE FOLKS IN
THE MEDIA AND EVERYBODY, IT'S A
BIG DEAL.
SO I WANT TO -- YEAH.
I HAVE REALLY JUST BEEN FOCUSED
OEN THIS YEAR.
LAST -- ON THIS YEAR.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE THE END OF
THE SEASON, I HAVE PLAYED WELL
ENOUGH TO GARNER THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND
HAVE A CHANCE TO HELP THIS
FOOTBALL TEAM WIN.
NO INDIVIDUAL REASONS OTHER
THAN I WANTED TO BE A PART OF
THE SUPER BOWL CHIP TEAM.
I WANTED TO BE THE ONE TO BRING
TO MINNESOTA.
AND I FELT LIKE I WAS GOOD
ENOUGH AT FOOTBALL TO CONTINUE
TO DO THAT.
AND NOW THAT THE DECISION COMES
AGAIN, AND REALLY, IT'S UP TO
MY WIFE AND I AND WE JUST NEED
TO COME TO A DISCUSSION.
AND THE THING ABOUT MAKING
TOUGH DECISIONS LIKE, THIS YOU
DON'T GO BACK.
YOU DON'T DECIDE ALL OF A SUD.
ONE TIME DEAL AND YOU WANT TO
GET IT RIGHT.
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE GET
IT RIGHT.
WE WE WERE TOLD YOU DON'T MAKE
A TOUGH POSITION UNTIL YOU
ABSOLUTELY HALF TO.
WE CAN WAIT AND LET THE CHIPS
FALL.
DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
BEEN WARP SPEED?
MAN.
2006, APRIL 2006, IT DOES SEEM
LIKE -- IF YOU THINK ABOUT IN
SOALTY OVER 11 YEARS, IT SEEMS
LIKE IT'S GONE REALLY FAST.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED AS A FAMILY.
WE HAVE FOUR BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN.
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE OF MY LIFE
IS ESSENTIALLY CHANGED IN THE
LAST 11 YEARS AND OF COURSE WE
HAVE BEEN HERE IN MINNESOTA AND
IT'S BEEN JUST A WILD RIDE.
A FUN RIDE.
WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING
DIFFERENT?
I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU TRY TO GO THERE LIFE
WITHOUT GETTING ANY REGRETS AS
FAR AS REGRETS I DON'T THINK I
WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED FOR
THE ORGANIZATION FOR 11 YEARS
AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY I'LL GET
TO RETIRE.
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST
ABOUT NOT BEING A FOOTBALL
PLAYER?
WELL, I THINK IT'S BEEN MY
IDENTITY FOR SO LONG.
MY WIFE WAS A TRACK ATHLETE AT
IOWA.
SHE WAS A CAPTAIN AND THEN SHE
SAYS DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU
ARE TO SIT THERE AND TO WINE
AND COMPLAIN YOUR CAREER IS
DONE.
AND YOU PLAYED 11 YEARS LONGER
THAN 99%.
AND GOT PAID.
AND GOT PAID TO DO.
SO KIND OF KEEP IN PERSPECTIVE.
MY WIFE IS GOOD AT THAT.
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