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Frank Gore – September 2, 2018 Download PDF version

Sunday, September 2, 2018

RB Frank Gore

(What is your excitement level going to be like playing in front of your home crowd? I know you’ve been waiting for this one for a long time.) – “It’ll be good. I haven’t (played a home game in Miami) since the University of Miami. I’m in front of all the people from my neighborhood, high school and college. I’m going to try to go out there and try to be me. Whenever I’m in the game, (I’m going to) try to give my teammates (and) my coaches 110 percent (and) try to play some winning football.”

(How promising do you think the tandem of you and RB Kenyan Drake can be this season?) – “I think we’ll be good. We’ve got different styles. Drake can do a lot of things out of the backfield. He’s very fast. Me, the more I touch the ball, the better I am. We’re both competitive. I think as long as we go in and get the mindset, whenever he does something good, I’ve got to come in and try to do something good. I think if we do that … It kind of reminds me of when I was in Miami playing with (Clinton) Portis and (Willis) McGahee. We all competed. Portis used to challenge me every night before the game. ‘Hey, I’m going to go get 100-something yards and be out the second half. I’m going to let you go in and you’ve got to go get your 100.’ That’s my same mindset. I still want to play and I’m going to push Drake every time. I want him to go do good. I want to do good. I think if we just keep that mindset and just work together, it’ll be good for this team.”

(Speaking of Miami, they’ve got a big game today.) – “Oh, we’re going be fine. We’re going to be fine. We’ve got the Miami boys. You know how Dade County boys, we don’t really care about the anybody. I think we’ve got a bunch of those guys in Coral Gables now that have that mindset. They just have to go out there and play ball.”

(Has anything surprised you about RB Kenyan Drake, in terms of how good he is or a certain skill he has that maybe you hadn’t been fully aware of when you got here?) – “When I first saw him when they played Denver, I was like, ‘Man, he can play.’ And when I got here every day … What I love about him is he’s very humble and he respects the game. I love guys like that. He works every day. He wants to be great. I’m going to push him to be great. I think if we both push each other, I think we’re going to have a good team.”

(Did you get many ticket requests?) – “Not yet.”

(Has DT Davon Godchaux talked a little trash to you about the LSU-Miami game?) – “I’m not … It’s all good. I’ll see him tomorrow. (laughter)”

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