Curtis Martin Retires Fourth On NFL's Rushing List
26th July, 2007 - 4:55 pm
Yahoo.com - Jets running back Curtis Martin, fourth on the NFL's career rushing list, announced his retirement Thursday -- 19 months after playing his final game.
The five-time Pro Bowl selection acknowledged in January that he had probably played his last game because of a bone-on-bone right knee injury suffered during the 2005 season. Martin made the long-anticipated decision official -- after months of rehabbing and deliberating -- a day before the Jets begin training camp practices.
"I don't see this as a sad time," Martin said at a small, 45-minute news conference at the team's Manhattan offices, one of several stops on a whirlwind media tour. "Someone was just asking me if there's any moment in particular that sticks out as the best moment of my career, and I told them, 'Right now."' [READ]
The best player we ever picked up via free agency, the best running back in our history and the classiest man ever to walk into the locker rooms. Its a sad day when Curtis My Favorite Martin is retiring. He did so much for this organization and I will never forget his gracefulness on the field.
