Quotes about Nate Ilaoa being star-struck with the Eagles

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/072007/07292007/304056/index_html?page=1

About being a bit overwhelmed when he was at a mini-camp with the Eagles, Nate said:
"When you come out to practice and you take hand-offs from Donovan McNabb and you have to block Takeo Spikes, you realize you aren't playing with these guys on a video game anymore," Ilaoa said in a telephone interview last week. "These guys are actually real, and you're actually out there playing with them." (Free Lance-Star)


About competing with Moats and Hunt for a roster spot, Nate said:
"I'm just going to try to make it hard for the coaches to decide. All I can really do is put my best foot forward, and hopefully the coaches will recognize that." (FLS)


Nate's high school coach Chris Beatty can see Nate helping Philly in a variety of roles, especially because of his WR background:
"He catches the ball really well out of the backfield. And now he's got a little more power than he used to. He adjusted well to playing running back." (FLS)


About how Nate could have leave North Stafford after his junior year to move to Hawaii with his parents, but Nate chose to stay at his high school to show loyalty to the program, Beatty said:
"Nowadays in the NFL, character is so important. Nate doesn't have any issues as far as that. He's got as much character as anybody I've ever dealt with." (FLS)


About the NFL, Nate said:
"This is my job now. I have to keep working if I want to be successful at it." (FLS)