Kevin Mawae
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"Kevin James Mawae" is a retired American football Center (American football)/center who played in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen seasons. He played college football for Louisiana State University (LSU), where he was a four-year starter. He was picked by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1994 NFL Draft, and also played for the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans.

Mawae is one of the top centers of recent times, having been selected for the Pro Bowl on six consecutive occasions (1999–2004), and was an eight-time All-Pro. He also served two terms as NFLPA president, which coincided with the 2011 NFL lockout.

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Obviously, losing Kareem was a big deal. But Adrian will do well where he's at. We're confident A.J. will come in and take over that job.

I still get nervous, but not in a bad way. It's more anticipation for the game and going out to do what you love to do. It is OK to be nervous, you just have to remember at your age to go out and enjoy it.

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and have a bad day. Sometimes you wake up and have a great day. Today I had a bad day.

For me and Pete Kendall and some others, we have to win pretty quick, ... (Bill) Parcells used to say, 'There's no light at the end of the tunnel in training camp.' For us, the light is starting to shine and we want to get to the Super Bowl before the light gets all the way to us.

After a while, just getting to the playoffs isn't going to be good enough, ... You're selling yourself short. We want to go, and go deep, and play until February.

He's a guy that can make the big plays and help us win the championship ? that's what we want to do. He knows how to do it. He's won three with the Patriots. Hopefully, he can bring that experience, intensity and work ethic and help all of the young guys that we have in our backfield.

What Pop Warner does for kids on and off the field is great. It's nice to take part in events like this. It is all about youth football and it is the future of our sport.

This is a great team. Talent-wise and character-wise, it's probably one of the best teams we've had in the last eight years.

I'm just trying to make sense of everything, ... You realize that football is just a game, it's what we do, but people's lives are more important.