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Originally Posted by Red John

Nothing changes with Lynch. Can't believe the media doesn't give up after a few questions.

That said it still is a dick way of dealing with things. You don't like talking to the media? Guess what you're paying paid a lot of money and part of your responsbilities (albeit a tiny part) is to talk to the media from time to time. Why not just be a pro instead of a petulant little child about it?

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I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot. But that's not me.

And I'm not as comfortable, especially at the position I play, making it about me. As a running back, it takes five offensive linemen, a tight end, a fullback and possibly two wide receivers, in order to make my job successful. But when I do interviews, most of the time it'll come back to me. There are only so many times I can say, 'I owe it to my offensive linemen,' or, 'The credit should go to my teammates,' before it becomes run down.

This goes back even to Pop Warner. You'd have a good game and they'd want you to give a couple of quotes for the newspaper, and I would let my other teammates be the ones to talk. That's how it was in high school, too. At Cal, I'd have my cousin, Robert Jordan, and Justin Forsett do it.


This is, indeed supported by footage from Lynch's high school days. After powering his Oakland Tech team to a win in the Silver Bowl — Oakland's city football championship — Lynch was interviewed by a local TV reporter. Here's what he said:

"Our linemen! Oh my god! If my linemen wasn't so good, oh my god, I don't know what to do. And me being as broke as I am, I'm about to find a way to treat my linemen to Sizzler!"

As an NFL star, Lynch is no longer broke, of course — but he seems to have kept the same attitude. And it supports what teammates and others who know him constantly say: Lynch, for all the ginned up "controversy" surrounding whether or not he talks to the media, is one of the most genuine unchanged-by-fame people you'll ever meet.