‘”It’s probably taken a little longer than the first time because in this situation I didn’t have to rush,” said Parrish in reference to his wrist injury in his first NFL season in 2005. “In my rookie year I did it in training camp and I was trying to get back. This situation I can spend more time on getting it fully, fully healed. So it’ll probably be better than before.”‘
Archives for February 7, 2011
NFL great Joe DeLamielleure is still giving it his all
‘"My pension after 13 years in this league is $1,247 a month, before taxes," he says. "We’ve got [other] Hall of Famers getting $172 a month. It drives me crazy. The general public thinks we’re multimillionaires, especially if we’re in the Hall of Fame. We’ve got to work every day of our lives. When you say I’m retired, I chuckle. I’ll work until the day I die."’