Michael Vick was a guest in studio with Dave Spadaro on today's Eagles Live! Vick discussed a lot of topics, including how he expects to contribute to the Eagles this season, how he's been embraced by the Philadelphia community and being the original Wildcat quarterback.
On his involvement in the community so far: "I think being part of the community and speaking out and trying to be an instrument for change is helping. I think my message to kids would be, to be responsible for your actions. You only have one chance in life to make a first impression. Make good decisions, make good judgments."
On his feelings on Philadelphia: "Philadelphia's a great city. I've really been embraced everywhere I've been. People in the community accept me with open arms. It's just a remarkable feeling going through what I've been through the last two years."
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*On how he feels physically: "Football wise, I think I'm about 85 to 90 percent. I feel like I got my legs back. I've been doing everything I've needed to do in the training room to make sure that I can get back to 100 percent and I can go out and give this football team my all."
On if he feels comfortable in the wildcat: "Well like I tell everybody I was the wildcat originally. In 2006, that was the reason I ran for 1,000 yards and had the opportunity to break that record and reach that milestone. It was something that (Falcons' offensive coordinator at the time) Greg Knapp had studied in the off-season. He did a great job of implementing it into our game plan and it worked out. … You can't just be one-dimensional in the wildcat. I think you want to create that balance for the opposition not to know exactly what you're going to do."
On people who say he's not truly remorseful for his actions: "I'm the only person that has to lay down at night thinking about my actions and why I did it and beat myself up over it. It's tough, so much transpired because of that. I should have been cognizant of my surroundings, I should have been conscious of what I was doing. I should have understood that what I was doing was wrong."
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*On the perception that he wants to take Donovan McNabb's job: "I'm not here to take Donovan's job. That was never my intent. I'm here to learn from Donovan, I'm here to watch him every day. Don is a great guy. We had a great relationship before I came to Philadelphia …My job is to back up him and Kevin, and play my role."
On watching Randall Cunningham as a kid: "I remember watching Randall and trying to emulate everything he did. … I used to go out in the back yard and pretend to be Randall Cunningham and Steve Young. Tried to run like him and do all the things that he did, I can't wait to touch base with him."
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-- Posted by Bo Wulf, 1:10 p.m., September 23
