“For me personally, a lot of people don’t know but I had a lot of things going on during the time, so I was going through a lot of things with my body and just with personal things at home,” Wade said. “So it just showed me how to grow up and put those things to the side. Which, at first, I’m not gonna lie, it took time to do. But toward the end of the season, I was getting better just putting them things to the side and just focusing on this team and focusing on football.”
“I wanted to stay on the sideline and remember how the national championship felt,” Wade said. “It’s just a good memory to have, so I can tell my kids in the future, how that felt losing the national championship. But at the end of the day, I’m proud of the team, proud that we made it and we did get to our goal, we just didn’t accomplish it.”
“It’s not an excuse for anything, at the end of the day I still gotta play. A lot of NFL players, they play through injuries, they just get the shots and go through it,” Wade said. “So at the end of the day, you just gotta play through it. There’s nothing you can’t do about it but just play. And I’m just happy that I played through it.”
“I know what I can play. I know what happened this year. And that’s just their opinion,” Wade said. “I know I can play corner, I know I can play nickel, I know I can play safety. I know I can play all positions in the back end. So that’s just a plus on my side. But at the end of the day, it’s their opinion, and I know what I can play. And the people that are professionals know what I can play.”
“Coach Coombs is a great coach, man. You gotta understand this is his first year being a D-coordinator,” Wade said. “And look where he got us. So you can’t complain about that. Look where he got us. He got us to the national championship, being a D-coordinator and coaching the DBs. So he’s a great guy, great coach and he understands football and knows what he’s talking about. Whatever the outside world say is what they say. They’re going to speak their mind and just make noise and that’s just how it is. But Coach Coombs is a great guy and a great coach.”
Just sayin': You look up "class act" in the dictionary and I wouldn't be surprised if you see Shaun Wade's picture.