I saw Curtis Martin last night at the Combine talking with Jamie Duke of NFL Network. Here’s some nuggets from the conversation. I don’t really feel the need to comment, his words (as always) say it all.

On the state of his playing career and visiting the Combine
“Yeah, at the end of my career, and I’ve never had a chance to see the Combine from this perspective. I’m not out there, I’m not the talent anymore, I’m just observing now, I wanted to see it from this angle. So I flew out for a day, I had the day off, so I flew out here.”

On what’s next
“Well just running my businesses. I have two that I’m really working on. Some of it’s confidential because we are in the middle of signing contracts. But I’m sure you will hear about it some time shortly.”

On coaching
“Uhhh, not really … not really …. I am not a huge X and O guy. I know that I wouldn’t want to put in the time it takes to be a coach. I don’t love the game enough as far as the Xs and Os go to get involved in that way?”

On mentoring
“CM Well that’s something I always do. I do that now, and I’ll do that forever. That probably what I’ll spend most of my life doing. Not only mentoring, but just trying to impact people’s lives for the better. That’s what I enjoy doing, that’s my true passion.”

On his writing
“Yeah, I think I will end up publishing a few of them. Not just one … in it’s due time and at the right time that will happen … for sure.”

On highly touted RB Adrian Peterson
“I am not a football fan, I rarely watch the game, I’ve only watched two SuperBowls from beginning to end. I am just becoming more of a fan of the game, when I am not out there playing.”

On success as a running back in the NFL
“First of all a RB needs to learn to read his blocks and needs to learn how to be patient. You know, cause most people want to get the ball and run, but it’s not all about that. I’m definitely not the fastest guy, strongest guy, probably not the quickest guy. But at the same time I can learn through experience how to read the blocks, that would be Number One.”

On what he would do if he was commisioner for a day
“I would probably do something with the discipline in the league because right now we’re just having too much going on and we want to keep the league reputable. I would implement more stipulations that would govern how we are off the field.”

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