It is impossible to fake passion for football when playing because the game film always reveals the truth
There's no faking when you're playing. Right. You know, so we always judge the number. So we look at the tape, the tape tells us passion, the tape tells us love... it's always on the tape.
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For us it's passion for the game. And that's the cool thing about these interviews... guys sit down and you throw the film on. You see this body language from the guys that it's like different. They get to the edge of their seat.
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