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Frank Gore – October 18, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018

RB Frank Gore

(You became the first running back 35 or older to rush for more than 100 yards in 14 years. Is that type of thing meaningful to you? Did you know about that?) – “No, I didn’t. I don’t think about it and I didn’t hear about it. I’m happy I did get the 100, though. And we was also got the win, so that was big.”

(What do you attribute to being durable at your age?) – “I say the man up above. I’m blessed. Also, the way I train and how much I love the game. As you get older and want to keep playing this game, you’ve got to respect it, as well as the way you train and when you’re out there and also when you’re at practice. You can’t think about age. You’ve got to continue like you’re a young man out there.”

(In essence, your mind may tell one thing but your body tells you another?) – “Yeah. I just think the way I take care of myself. When I got to the age that I tried to do something, I felt like I still can do it and also still play and one game I didn’t have it that Sunday. When I felt that, that’s when I knew that if I still want to play this game, I’ve got to respect it. There’s no different way. That’s why I take care of my body, I train my behind off and during the season I’m all football.”

(Is there anything you think you’ve lost from your late 20s to now?) – “I don’t know. Now, I’ve got to pay attention and be very detailed, small details. I try my best to make sure I understand the small details on the field.”

(What happens in a very small amount of time, like 20 seconds, where you come out of the game in overtime and you and you and (Run Game Coordinator/Running Backs) Coach (Eric) Studesville and Kenyan (Drake) have a quick amount of time to determine who’s going in. How does that happen?) – “It depends on what coach calls. It doesn’t matter who’s in. We know we both can get the job done and our coach respects both of us. Whatever play gets called, we’re going to try our best to get it done. So it really doesn’t matter.”

(You could have stayed in at that point. Had you felt gassed or no?) – “I’ve been smart. I felt that Kenyan (Drake) was the fresher guy and I’d do it again because he can play this game at a high level too.”

(Do you ever pick the brains of other guys like DE Cameron Wake or even other sports like a Miami Heat’s Udonis Haslem or a Dwyane Wade, guys who have played a long time and still play?) – “I’ve been going with what I know so far. Also, I talk to other players at my position. When my boy Marshall Faulk gets back in town, when he texts me that I still look good, I just ask him what he thinks I should continue to be doing and things like that.”

(Was that in the last week or two?) – “Yeah, just last game. After the last game (Faulk) texted me.”

(What does that mean to you to get that kind of text from former NFL RB Marshall Faulk?) – “It’s big. A guy like that and a guy who I respect and who killed it when he was playing. He killed it. We always talk during the season, even offseason. I just tell him to be real with me and he said I still can play.”

(Are there times you convince your mind that you can do certain things that maybe your body at your age most people would say you can’t do?) – “I like it. I like the challenge. The biggest challenge was going to be training camp. I felt like I wanted to be the same Frank that’s going out there every day with my teammates. That’s what I did. Even though I didn’t get the reps like I wanted to, I was out there. That was a big thing for me.”

(Has your start to the season reaffirmed for you that you think you’ll be around for a few more years and that you’ve got a lot left?) – “I take it one game at a time, one year at a time. There’s a lot of games left in this season. I’m not even thinking about that right now. Right now, I’m trying to get ready for Sunday and try to get a win on Sunday against Detroit.”

(Do you like all the questions you get about being able to do this at your age?) – “I don’t care about it, but I kind of get tired of it because I still can play. I don’t care what age I am. If I continue to train and feel good and enjoy the locker room and this organization wants me and I feel I can do it, I’m going to do it, no matter what my age.”

(This “Forever Grinding” on your shirt, it seems like it has a lot deeper meaning because of how long you’ve been doing this.) – “My whole career. You think about when I went to Miami. I played as a freshman, I go in and compete to be a starter, I tear my ACL, come back, I start, I get off to a good couple of games and I get hurt again. You hear everybody saying, ‘Oh, he’s done.’ I get drafted in the third round. People still said I got drafted too high, saying I’ll only play three years and I’m still playing now. So it means a lot. Yeah, it does. The way I’ve been raised, the way my career has been going. So, yeah, it means a lot.”

(There aren’t a lot of athletes in this position although you certainly might be one of them, like the Heat’s Dwyane Wade, where they can decide before their last year, this is going to be my last year. Do you want to do that? Do you want to know going into a year this will be my last season?) – “I can tell probably when I’m training. If I feel like I can’t be me when I’m training and I can’t keep up with the guys who I train with, who help me have a strong head coming into training camp, then I’ll be able to tell.”

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