Attacking the day: When James Pierre says he likes to attack the day, he means it.
The second-year corner is up at the crack of dawn, or actually before that, getting his mind ready before he jumps right in to getting his body ready.
"I wake up at like 5:30, sit in bed for like 30 minutes and get my mind right," said Pierre. "Then I come to work at 6, work as hard as I can, and each day learn more. I just learn every day."
Pierre said during that half hour he sits in bed he is thinking about the sacrifices his mom made for him to be where he is today, one of the many things that motivates him to attack the day the way he does. The other is the struggle it was for him to get where he is, playing at Florida Atlantic, not getting drafted last year, and making the 53-man roster without even a preseason.
"Every day I think about it, but I never looked back," said Pierre. "I've got to get ahead and attack each day as a workday.
Just try to keep it even. I try to stay to stay motivated, self-motivated.
"I just take it for what it is. At the end of the day, you have to keep working. At the end of the day, I take it as a positive. No matter what happens take it as a positive and attack the day. Rent is due so you have to attack each day as a workday."
Pierre has taken the advice of some of the veterans in the secondary for how he approaches things, including Joe Haden and Cam Sutton, but there is another person who gives him advice too. A rather unlikely source from a Steelers standpoint.
Pierre and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson are cousins, growing up together and talking daily even now.
"He's my first cousin. We played on the same team," said Pierre. "He used to throw the ball to me, I was a receiver. Little league friends, cousins, we used to stay at each other's houses and stuff like that. It's crazy. We never thought it would be like this. We just take it one day at a time. We both come from similar backgrounds. Just one day at a time.
"We talk every day. It's friendly talk, sometimes we trash talk, sometimes not, not in a competitive nature."
What Pierre wouldn't mind is having something big to trash talk about with Jackson when the two teams face each other this season as he is competing for the nickel job.
"He's done well, he's got some ways to go still as a as a player and learning," said senior defensive assistant Teryl Austin. "But all signs are pointing up for James. He works his tail off. He competes hard. He is tough. He'll continue to get better. When he's good enough to really put in there, time will tell that. But I think he's working in the right direction."
And working is the key word.
"I am just working hard every day," said Pierre. "Just playing faster, knowing what to do, the little things. Technique, what routes to expect. Just learning more of the game.
"We are just working hard every day, attacking every day, each work week. We still have the preseason, so we just have to keep preparing."
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