Mr. Laz
06-03-2005, 11:20 AM
Posted on Fri, Jun. 03, 2005
Owens: 'I don't have to play for the Eagles'
Daily News Staff Reports
Terrell Owens was supposed to talk about Alzheimer's disease, not football. The Eagles' wide receiver ended up speaking about both.
Owens, who is skipping the team's current passing camp, held a press conference in Atlanta yesterday to promote his benefit event for Alzheimer's this weekend. He is involved because his grandmother, Alice Black, suffers from the disease.
However, he couldn't resist commenting on his attempt to renegotiate his contract.
Someone asked if it would be difficult for Owens to dedicate the event to his grandmother when the large throng of media mostly wanted to discuss his football situation.
"Not at all," he said in an interview that was broadcast on Comcast SportsNet last night. "She's always on my mind.
"It doesn't matter what they say [about me], whether in Philly, in San Francisco, and all over the world. They believe what they want to believe. In my heart, I know I'm doing the right thing. I don't have to play football. I don't have to play for the Eagles. I don't care what my teammates say."
For some reason, someone then asked if that meant he would play for the Falcons.
"I would play for anybody," Owens replied. "I'll play for anybody who allows me to go out there and do what I do. I just want to be paid what I deserve. If I'm one of the top players in the game, pay me like I'm one of the top players. What's fair is fair. That's not being selfish. That's not being greedy Right is right and wrong is wrong."
Is he ready, someone asked, to sit out the season to get more money?
"That's something that's going to be left up to certain situations," he answered. "The most important thing is my family.
Earlier in the interview, Owens said he doesn't seek the limelight whether it's at a charity event or on the field..
"I'm not a person who goes out and tries to get a lot of publicity. I don't use this as a publicity stunt to sidetrack things that are going on with me in the football world.
"I don't get a kick out of going public just to show people I'm a good person. Goodness comes from the heart.''
Owens: 'I don't have to play for the Eagles'
Daily News Staff Reports
Terrell Owens was supposed to talk about Alzheimer's disease, not football. The Eagles' wide receiver ended up speaking about both.
Owens, who is skipping the team's current passing camp, held a press conference in Atlanta yesterday to promote his benefit event for Alzheimer's this weekend. He is involved because his grandmother, Alice Black, suffers from the disease.
However, he couldn't resist commenting on his attempt to renegotiate his contract.
Someone asked if it would be difficult for Owens to dedicate the event to his grandmother when the large throng of media mostly wanted to discuss his football situation.
"Not at all," he said in an interview that was broadcast on Comcast SportsNet last night. "She's always on my mind.
"It doesn't matter what they say [about me], whether in Philly, in San Francisco, and all over the world. They believe what they want to believe. In my heart, I know I'm doing the right thing. I don't have to play football. I don't have to play for the Eagles. I don't care what my teammates say."
For some reason, someone then asked if that meant he would play for the Falcons.
"I would play for anybody," Owens replied. "I'll play for anybody who allows me to go out there and do what I do. I just want to be paid what I deserve. If I'm one of the top players in the game, pay me like I'm one of the top players. What's fair is fair. That's not being selfish. That's not being greedy Right is right and wrong is wrong."
Is he ready, someone asked, to sit out the season to get more money?
"That's something that's going to be left up to certain situations," he answered. "The most important thing is my family.
Earlier in the interview, Owens said he doesn't seek the limelight whether it's at a charity event or on the field..
"I'm not a person who goes out and tries to get a lot of publicity. I don't use this as a publicity stunt to sidetrack things that are going on with me in the football world.
"I don't get a kick out of going public just to show people I'm a good person. Goodness comes from the heart.''