Portis talks Tiger

Missed the first couple minutes of Clinton Portis' show on ESPN 980, thanks to my browser freezing up. Nice. But the best stuff came when Portis talked about Tiger Woods and his own temptations. One bone of contention: not everyone who is disappointed in what happened to Tiger is living a secret life or has multiple women on the side.

On if there’s any limitations on him: I really haven’t tried to lift. I’m still doing treadmills. I tried to run outside and it seemed like everything around me was bouncing. Once they put me on IR, there was no rush to go outside and try to run again. … I’ll try sometime in February.

On possibly bringing in a new staff: That’s a decision they have to make. I think the players on our team are used to change and used to bringing in new people. At the same time players on our team would love to know whoever is there will be there. Do we have to learn a new system? Will we have a new coach? Whatever it is and whatever the situation is, we have to go out and respond and play for whoever is our head coach and give it all we’ve got.

On how things were at the University of Miami and what direction he’d like the Redskins squad to go in: If you look at what the U had, through those times, it was all guys who enjoy what they’re doing. They had the same character guys. You found guys to plug in where other guys left. Guys who could keep that going. When there was a mass change, they could find someone who had the same attitude and had the same goals and same mindset and could adapt to what was going on. All those guys were from the same background coming into the University of Miami. You found the type of guys you knew you could win with and they would give it everything they had. If you look at our roster, we have an assortment of everything. Guys have to come together. If some guys want to have fun and some guys treat it like a business and some guys treat it like, well, mmm, I don’t know if I could do that. You just have to find a group of guys with a common goal. You look back to the Raiders when they were winning and Pittsburgh and the talent they had and what they did. Look at the Saints now. It looks like a bunch of guys jumping around, having fun and enjoying what they’re doing. I think you need that.

On how he perceives the treatment of Tiger Woods: I think he’s being treated unfairly. Honestly, I always felt like everybody in that position, whether you’re a reporter or whatever, you run a grocery store or the guys doing endorsements with Tiger…I’m sure they have a lot of hidden secrets, hidden secret admirers and women they talk to. Being an athlete you’re put under a microscope and everyone wants you to be perfect. You can’t have nothing else going on. For so long Tiger was a perfect person. No one wanted to see this. Now you go from loving this man, who you admire all these years, till you find out that he had a side woman and now you hate him. He’s still the same man. For any man to keep it that under wraps for that long, I’m sure it wasn’t the first time his wife found out he was talking to someone else. But it wasn’t in the public eye, there wasn’t pressure to leave him. I’m sure they got into it before. I doubt it was the first time she picked up the phone and seen another woman calling. I say don’t get married. I’m not married. I’d love to be the perfect guy. I’m not. If I find temptation worth fulfilling, I fulfill my temptation. That gets me in trouble sometimes. I deal with it then. I’m 28 years old and I will enjoy my life. For Tiger, it turned out bad. Everyone is jumping off the bandwagon and judging him. But he’s the same guy. I’m sure other golfers are doing the same thing. I’m sure others who are pointing fingers are doing the same thing. They just weren’t caught.

More Tiger and all the women: If he kept that a secret, congratulations. Most of the time there's one or two and you can't keep that a secret.

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(washingtonexaminer.com)