Quotes about the UH players with the Dolphins after rookie mini-camp

About Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga, Reagan said:
"He's like Midas. Everything he touches turns to gold." (HA)


Reagan thanked Huizenga:
"for bringing me on and believing in me and he said, 'You're going to do fine. Just hang in there and it will be OK.' " (HA)


About how Miami wants to modify the personality of its locker room and hopes to all a level of togetherness to their chemistry by bringing in players of Polynesian descent, Reagan said:
"(Cameron) knows that the Polynesian kids play with passion. It's the love that we have for the game. We're a little different breed — just the way we are with each other and the way we are with the team. We treat each other like family. Coaches see it."(HA)


Not making any judgements based on the rookie mini-camp, Cam Cameron said:
"I've seen too many guys that come into that first mini-camp and look good and then don't make the team and then guys that have come in and looked awful that go on to be great players. So, I haven't put any expectations on my mind on those rookies in the first mini-camp. These guys have flown halfway across the world, some of them — the time schedule — they got a lot of things going on in their minds, so we're not going to make any judgments on any of them." (HA)


About Reagan, Cameron said:
"He looks the part. He was able to get lined up, which with fullbacks is the first thing they have to do. Our assessment of him—until the pads come on — we really won't know. But all indications, including what we saw in college, is that he's going to be a good football player." (HA)


About how they may perform the haka for their teammates, possibly as soon as the next mini-camp in June, Samson said:
"Whatever the veterans want us to do." (HA)

HA Note: "The Dolphins allowed Satele and Esera to leave mini-camp early yesterday to return to Hawai'i. The two players missed an NFL rookie symposium geared toward educating rookies on the pitfalls they might face in their first year as a professional athlete. Cameron said the session would be recorded on DVD and mailed to the two."