Sometimes as a media member, you get a press conference so good that you just want to encourage all of your readers to go watch it. That was the case on Friday, when Detroit Lions running back Tashard Choice stepped in front of the lectern at the Lions’ training facility in Allen Park. Choice was the perfect combination of energetic, funny, and informative.

But if you don’t have the 12 minutes to spare to watch the entire thing, here are the five best quotes from his media session.

Choice on running a mile before practice:

“I hate to do it, so I have to do it every day. It’s just a way to make myself disciplined, understanding their pain. It’s good on the other side of it … If I really run, I can do (a mile) in seven minute. Right now I’m not super, super fast, but I hate running long d

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