"Koren Lynard Robinson" is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL} for eight seasons. He played college football for NC State Wolfpack/North Carolina State University. He was drafted by the Seahawks ninth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers between stints with the Seahawks. He was selected to the Pro Bowl with the Vikings in 2005.

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Being down there in that treatment facility, man, it just made me reflect on everything as far as growing up as a little kid to that point. I'd been taking a lot of things for granted. I see that. I'm just ready to move forward with my life and my career.

I wasn't sure I'd get another chance. As we got closer to the season I was beginning to wonder.

I left college early, I was immature, ... You go through certain things, but you learn from them and it builds character. I feel like everything happens for a reason, and I feel like God was putting me through those things to get me to the point right here and I feel like I am a better person. With me becoming a better person, out there on the field it is going to do nothing but benefit me.

To have someone like coach Tice call you and say they'll give me an opportunity once you get out of there, it's that much better to go in and do what you have to do and get out of there.

In any situation, any aspect of your life, to be wanted feels good.

I definitely got caught up in the NFL lifestyle. That didn't get me where I wanted to go, where I wanted to be. I had to do something else, man.

I was so happy to hear from him, ... In the situation that I was in, any bit of good news brightens your day. I guess it was just fate that he called when he did. It made my day and gave me even more motivation to get myself right.

Sometimes we get caught up in this lifestyle that we live. That's what I felt like I was doing. I made a bad decision and made mistakes. I'm also man enough to see my mistakes and be willing to do something about them.