FYI: Romo has proven to be the eternal optimist
The Lufkin Daily News
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Q: Why is Tony Romo so upbeat all the time? I swear I've never seen him without a big smile on his face or laughing about something, even if it's a tight game or they're losing. It's like he never gets down.
A: The Dallas Cowboys quarterback is the eternal optimist, that's true, but we can recall this time last year when his muffed extra-point hold allowed Seattle to beat Dallas in a wild-card playoff game 21-20. That was a downer, but just as you say, he still put it behind him and remained upbeat.
"I know I hurt so many people when that happened," Romo is quoted by Peter King of Sports Illustrated as having said after that game, "but then you just figure, if that's the worst thing that happens to you, you've got a pretty good life."
Earlier this year, the Cowboys came from behind to beat Buffalo. In that game, Romo threw five pass interceptions. "I went to the sideline, grabbed a towel and buried my face in it," he said, "and just started laughing. I was so bad, you just had to laugh." And of course he rallied the team in the final minutes to the win.
In the same SI article with King, Romo said he recalled a couple of seasons ago when a nameless assistant coach — this was during the Bill Parcells era — came up to him and said, "You've got to quit laughing out there. You've got to get the respect of the players and coaches. They won't respect you if you're always smiling."
Romo said that for the next week, he stopped smiling and became all serious. "It was the most boring, uncomfortable week of my life," he recalled. "So I decided, if I'm going to come to work each day and have to act like that, I'll have to do something else. Maybe I'll go down in flames, but at least I'll be myself."
And he's been laughing and grinning and smiling ever since.
The Cowboys, in clinching the NFC's best record, have a playoff bye this week and will get the week off while the wild-card round of the playoffs are being played. The Cowboys will host a divisional playoff game Sunday, Jan. 13, at Texas Stadium.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Q: Why is Tony Romo so upbeat all the time? I swear I've never seen him without a big smile on his face or laughing about something, even if it's a tight game or they're losing. It's like he never gets down.
A: The Dallas Cowboys quarterback is the eternal optimist, that's true, but we can recall this time last year when his muffed extra-point hold allowed Seattle to beat Dallas in a wild-card playoff game 21-20. That was a downer, but just as you say, he still put it behind him and remained upbeat.
"I know I hurt so many people when that happened," Romo is quoted by Peter King of Sports Illustrated as having said after that game, "but then you just figure, if that's the worst thing that happens to you, you've got a pretty good life."
Earlier this year, the Cowboys came from behind to beat Buffalo. In that game, Romo threw five pass interceptions. "I went to the sideline, grabbed a towel and buried my face in it," he said, "and just started laughing. I was so bad, you just had to laugh." And of course he rallied the team in the final minutes to the win.
In the same SI article with King, Romo said he recalled a couple of seasons ago when a nameless assistant coach — this was during the Bill Parcells era — came up to him and said, "You've got to quit laughing out there. You've got to get the respect of the players and coaches. They won't respect you if you're always smiling."
Romo said that for the next week, he stopped smiling and became all serious. "It was the most boring, uncomfortable week of my life," he recalled. "So I decided, if I'm going to come to work each day and have to act like that, I'll have to do something else. Maybe I'll go down in flames, but at least I'll be myself."
And he's been laughing and grinning and smiling ever since.
The Cowboys, in clinching the NFC's best record, have a playoff bye this week and will get the week off while the wild-card round of the playoffs are being played. The Cowboys will host a divisional playoff game Sunday, Jan. 13, at Texas Stadium.
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