BTN.com staff, July 27, 2012
Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson spoke to Friday's Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon crowd, and you can watch his speech right here in this post. People attending the luncheon quickly turned to Twitter and applauded Robinson's performance.
Among his popular remarks, Robinson said, "My motto is: It's my goal to make somebody's day every day." Robinson also said, "Trust me, I'm not perfect. Just ask Coach Hoke. I drive you crazy way too often, right Coach?" Robinson also drew applause when he said, "Character is who you are when no one else is watching. It's easy when you know the camera is on us to do the right thing but it may be tougher at other times. This year, because of that, I became aware of how big our platform can be. I met the President of the United States and I met LeBron James and they both knew who I was."
There's a full transcript of his speech at ESPN's Michigan football page.
MGoBlue.com recorded some short clips with Robinson during the two-day event. We've posted them below here.
Here are a few tweets about Robinson's speech:
Have never covered a more humble superstar than Denard Robinson. He's come a long way from the shy freshman who avoided the media. #genuine
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) July 27, 2012
Denard Robinson has rushed for 3,229 yards. Needs 667 yards to pass #Indiana's Antwaan Randle El and set #B1G QB record. #Michigan #GoBlue
— BTNStatsGuys (@BTNStatsGuys) July 26, 2012
Denard Robinson: "My motto is: Make somebody's day everyday."
— Stephen J. Nesbitt (@stephenjnesbitt) July 27, 2012
You've seen the tweets from Denard Robinson's speech. One last time, here's the genesis of how he decided to talk: http://t.co/MTSeQR4U
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) July 27, 2012
"Trust me. I'm not perfect. Just ask Coach Hoke." – Denard Robinson #B1GFootball pic.twitter.com/l7NqrGQq
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) July 27, 2012
Some Big Ten schools and players passed on chance to succeed Kirk Cousins' speech but Denard Robinson accepted the challenge and delivered
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) July 27, 2012
If you missed any of our coverage the last two days, dive on in. Our TV and web teams provided newsy updates include notebooks from Thursday and Friday, a photo gallery, and a nice roundup of changes to various football uniforms. We even got #B1Gfootball trending on Twitter. Also, watch your football coach takes questions from reporters in our media day video gallery, including inaugural Big Ten Media Day talks from Urban Meyer, Bill O'Brien, and Tim Beckman.
Now it's time to get prepared for BTN's annual Football Tour in August. And don't forget: If you love watching our award-winning show "The Journey," then you?ll love ?The Journey: Big Ten Football 2012.? It debuts Oct. 3, but you can follow our Journey crew every step of the way on Twitter and our recently launched Facebook and Instagram (BTNJourney) pages. On Twitter, we?ll be using the Twitter hashtag #BTNJourney both during the shows and all the days in between.