Lawrence Samuels
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"Lawrence 'Law Dogg' Samuels" is a arena football coach and former wide receiver/linebacker who is the head coach for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played his college football at the University of West Alabama/Livingston University, and was an AFL wide receiver/linebacker from 1994 to 2010. He received both his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology and Master's of Science degree in Education from The University of West Alabama.

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This was a very important victory because we were without our coach, and it's very emotional. Guys came out and executed and played well. We had some mistakes we need to correct, but hopefully, we can keep going on and keep getting better.

It's a great accomplishment, but I play for the wins, I don't play for the record. I just play hard and try to come out and get a victory. That's what any player should be playing for.

You don't even worry about the time. You don't care. You just want to be there.

The doctors and everyone said it wasn't our fault, it's just something that happens, but you always blame yourself. You always want better for your child. We always kind of blamed ourselves. What could we have done better to prevent it, but there's really nothing you can do.

Honestly, I don't look at records or anything like that, I just play the game. But it would be a good accomplishment if I reach those records, being under Stevie Thomas. I learned a lot throughout the years playing behind Stevie.

No, I'm not surprised. When a team is on the road like that, the ball game is going back and forth like that, both offenses are scoring, you have to feel confident as a coach to go for two.

As long as we have the effort to come back and fight and play hard, we'll be all right. It's disappointing that we did fall short, but the turnovers hurt us.

It's very special. Stevie has been the guy that's been my mentor all throughout my career. He made big plays for this organization, and I was just trying to follow in his footsteps.

Actually, I thought our clock operator needed to keep the clock rolling. That should have been the game. I tackled him. The clock should have been rolling for another count. I guess he needed to stop the clock and give them another play.