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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior, taking some of the blame for a disappointing 2009 season, as quoted in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

“I left a lot of plays out on the field. There were some situations I could have played a lot better. No matter what anybody says, we had a bad year. I didn’t play as well as I wanted to play, and I know a lot of guys on the team felt the same way.” Farrior continued, saying that criticism from the media motivates him to be better: “That adds fuel to the fire. That’s one of the motivating factors for me — how bad we played last year. You’re going to do everything in your power not to let that happen again. Whenever people doubt you, say negative stuff about you, as a competitor, you try to prove everybody wrong. It makes you want to work that much harder.”