All I can say is Kerry Collins is an outstanding quarterback. As a matter of fact I spoke with Kerry just before I came down here. He is excited about moving forward next year. ... I think he has a chance to be great for us.
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/birth_place=Charleston, South Carolina
/death_date=
/debutyear=1968
/debutteam=Oakland Raiders
/finalyear=1982
/finalteam=Los Angeles Raiders
/coachdebutyear=1983
/coachdebutteam=Los Angeles Raiders
/coachfinalyear=2006
/coachfinalteam=Oakland Raiders
/draftyear=1968
/draftround=3
/draftpick=80
/highschool=Bonds-Wilson High School/North Charleston (SC) Bonds-Wilson
/college=Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks/Maryland State
/pastteams=
* Oakland Raiders/Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1968 AFL season/1968–1982 NFL season/1982)
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* Oakland Raiders/Los Angeles Raiders (1983 NFL season/1983–1989 NFL season/1989) (offensive line/OL)
* Los Angeles Raiders (1989 NFL season/1989–1994 NFL season/1994)
* Kansas City Chiefs (1995 NFL season/1995–1996 NFL season/1996) (OL)
* Atlanta Falcons (1997 NFL season/1997–2000 NFL season/2000) (OL)
* Oakland Raiders (2006 NFL season/2006)
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* 8× Pro Bowl selection (1973 Pro Bowl/1972, 1974 Pro Bowl/1973, 1975 Pro Bowl/1974, 1976 Pro Bowl/1975, 1977 Pro Bowl/1976, 1978 Pro Bowl/1977, 1979 Pro Bowl/1978, 1981 Pro Bowl/1980)
* 2× Associated Press/AP First-Team All-Pro (1974 All-Pro Team/1974, 1977 All-Pro Team/1977)
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous athletes! More Art Shell on Wikipedia.Aaron gives us great depth at the quarterback position and provides us with a veteran presence.
We'll be tough. We'll be (a) power (team). I want the ability as always to strike from anywhere on the football field. Those things work. I know they work. I've been involved in it.
When you walk out there, when you into that stadium, you walk out there with a presence. Mr. Davis called it a swagger. I just want to get back to the point where when we walk into a stadium, they know the Raiders are in town. And when we walk into the Coliseum, the Raiders are here. ... We've got to create that attitude, and that's what I expect to do.
It's coming home. It's coming home to finish what I started.
It's coming home, to finish what I started. I've always watched the Raiders from afar. The old saying among the ex-players is that once a Raider, always a Raider. That's a true statement.
I just want to get back to the point where ... when we walk into the Coliseum, the Raiders are here. And we're going to play in Black Bottom - we used to call it Black Bottom back in the day, now they call it the Black Hole. That's our home field. That's our home. You can't come in our back yard and win.
It's coming home to finish what I started. I left coaching, but I've never left the game of football. When the job opened up, I wanted to try to be a part of it, because I felt my organization, my football team, needed me.
There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen.
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