Players should maintain a mentality that they are elite performers to succeed at the highest level of professional football.

“it doesn't matter where you are if you have the mentality I should be playing in the Prem but right now I'm playing here that's fine and I feel like you you go you go a Long Way to the where I am now”

Clinton Portis takes pride in his football career and maintains that despite his legal troubles, his on-field accomplishments and the respect of his peers remain valid.

“you can't take away the work that I've done you can't take it away as long as you got a platform and you got to tell the truth about the people you play”

He expresses a desire to win championships and views playing for competitive teams as his primary professional priority.

“I said I just want to go somewhere where I can win. That's simple. I said I just want to go somewhere I can win. I don't have to struggle.”

Derwin James expresses confidence that the Los Angeles Chargers are positioned to be one of the top teams and ultimately achieve their goal of winning a championship.

“I see us on top like you know I ain't I don't see nothing else if we like we we understand the mission everybody that came in whether you're a new guy an old guy that already been in his system like we all know what the mission is we all know what the goal is”

She credits the football cage of her youth as a safe, escapist environment that provided the structure she needed and launched her professional career.

“for me football was just always and it was a escape and a happy place and I was scared to always lose that”