Bill Romanowski
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"William Thomas "Bill" Romanowski" is a former American football player. He was born in Vernon, Connecticut/Vernon, Connecticut. A linebacker, he graduated from Rockville High School (Connecticut)/Rockville High School in 1984, Boston College in 1988 (with academic honors and Scanlan Award Recipient), and then went on to a 16-year career in the National Football League/NFL, playing for the San Francisco 49ers (1988–1993), Philadelphia Eagles (1994–1995), Denver Broncos (1996–2001), and Oakland Raiders (2002–2003). He was considered by many in the league at the time to be a dirty player, even spitting in other players' faces after plays.

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I've never really had problems controlling my temper. I am an intense guy on the football field, and sometimes I get carried away. I got carried away two days ago. I'm just going to make the situation right from this point forward. Can I move forward? I have no choice.

I don't know Kordell Stewart as a person. He's probably a pretty good guy. But it didn't matter. I was playing against him. That's what mattered.

You're the biggest idiot that ever came out of Boston College. I'm insulted that we could have gone to the same school.

I'd run through a brick wall for this guy, simple as that.

Bill's been very poised, and he's handled the year well. When he has needed to be inspirational he has been. When he's needed to be tough, he has been. It's one of those things where he's done all the right things. He's made all the right moves. I've got a lot of confidence in this guy.

I had a little boy who looks up to his dad and he said, 'Dad, did you do drugs?

Here's what it comes down to. As a football player you're trained to lie to yourself. You're trained to say, no matter how you feel, 'I'm fine. I'm the iron man.' There have been a few times I've said that to myself. I felt one of these in the Super Bowl, but I didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. I just fought through it.

Was shocked not by what I saw, but by what I heard. I closed my eyes and listened - and you know what I heard? I heard the biggest difference in the game. I heard the hitting on our side compared to theirs. Our defense crushed their offense.

If you looked at the way they played, they were soft. We were anything but.