Vince Young felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders last offseason.
Having just been named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, the Titans quarterback was getting tugged in different directions. Some people were asking for money, others for time he didn't have. He admitted it was nearly overwhelming and that he wished it would all go away.
Except for football.
"I was never going to quit football,'' Young said Thursday during Steve McNair's annual football camp at Goodpasture. "Football, that is my pride and joy, it is my dream. I am playing my dream. And I don't plan on giving that up any time soon.''
A recent nfl.com report suggesting he considered retirement after one season was "blown out of proportion," Young said. Heading toward his third pro season, he said he's in a "much different place" mentally than he was at this time last year.
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I ain't never said I was going to quit football," Young said. "There was a lot of stuff going on in my life, but football is not hard to me. Football is easy. All you have to do is be coachable and use your God-given talent. If it was a thought at all it was just a passing thought for a second.''
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