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Vince Young said his left knee is sore, but his spirit isn’t broken. He said he’s a competitor, not a quitter.
The Titans quarterback also said he’s far from the troubled young man portrayed by media in the wake of a knee injury and concerns about his emotional state.
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“I’m fine. I’m good,’’ Young said Thursday. “I just needed (time) … to get through some things. But now I am OK. I was never depressed; I just hurt a little bit. … When it happens again I’ll know how to handle it.’’
Young spoke to the media for the first time since late last week. In a little more than 15 minutes he did his best to clear the air about a series of events that started in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s season opener at LP Field and continued late into Monday night when police got involved.
Young suffered his knee injury a few plays after an incident on the sideline in which it appeared he refused to go back into the game. He said he never refused to go back in, but admitted he was bothered by boos from the home crowd after throwing his second interception of the game.
Young said he was down in the hours that followed but everyone overreacted, including his concerned mother. He stressed that his fire to play football is still burning strong.
“It is a blessing to play the game that I love, and I am having a good time playing it,’’ Young said. “Sometimes it is not that I am getting down on myself, I am just a tremendous competitor and I like to see smiles on my teammates’ faces and coaches’ faces and my family and fans’ faces.
Vince Young said his left knee is sore, but his spirit isn’t broken. He said he’s a competitor, not a quitter.
The Titans quarterback also said he’s far from the troubled young man portrayed by media in the wake of a knee injury and concerns about his emotional state.
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“I’m fine. I’m good,’’ Young said Thursday. “I just needed (time) … to get through some things. But now I am OK. I was never depressed; I just hurt a little bit. … When it happens again I’ll know how to handle it.’’
Young spoke to the media for the first time since late last week. In a little more than 15 minutes he did his best to clear the air about a series of events that started in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s season opener at LP Field and continued late into Monday night when police got involved.
Young suffered his knee injury a few plays after an incident on the sideline in which it appeared he refused to go back into the game. He said he never refused to go back in, but admitted he was bothered by boos from the home crowd after throwing his second interception of the game.
Young said he was down in the hours that followed but everyone overreacted, including his concerned mother. He stressed that his fire to play football is still burning strong.
“It is a blessing to play the game that I love, and I am having a good time playing it,’’ Young said. “Sometimes it is not that I am getting down on myself, I am just a tremendous competitor and I like to see smiles on my teammates’ faces and coaches’ faces and my family and fans’ faces.