3 Quotes from Bill Belichick's Defensive Lineman D'Antre Robinson

On the Professional Style of Operations

• "Some of the similarities, I would say, you know, of course, it's college. So a lot of stuff is like you got rules and stuff you can do. Some of the differences is, you know, here he treats everything like you said, pros. So you got to do what you got to do. He doesn't – he's not going to tell you, oh, you got to be at this meeting. You should know that to be at this meeting. When it comes to lifts, you're not going to have somebody over there running a lift for you."

• "You're going to have to do a lift and he's going to trust you to do that lift. Make sure you do all your reps on your own. Of course, you know, we've got coaches, you know, coaching us in the weight room. But he ain't going to sit there and have you going step one, step two, step three. He's like, you're going to do that work. And if you don't do the work, you're going to see the progress on the field."

On the Team's "Tough Love"

• "I feel like the whole defense is barking at each other a lot. We've got, you know, Thaddeus Dixon, of course.You know, that's our guy. He likes to get the mojo going. You know, K-House [Khmori House]. You know, D-Line, you got me. You got Melkart [Abou-Joade]. You got Smith [Vilbert]. He's a quiet guy, but, like, he shows with his actions. You got C.J. Mel, he's a hard worker. Everything like that. I feel like he's coming together and you can see in the future."

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