Jeane Coakley: You're a Jersey boy. Does it feel good to be home?
Antonio Garay: It’s like playing backyard street ball for me. It’s fun. I'm happy to be home. I'm excited to be home. I have about 70, 80 family members in my hometown of Rahway. I have a lot of family here that, if I’m not playing well, I don’t just have to hear it from my coaches and teammates, I will hear it from my family members and my community. So, I'm making sure I’m doing what I have to do and do what I am supposed to do. I don’t have any easy moments, so to say.
Coakley: What’s it like working with a guy like Rex Ryan?
Garay: It’s fun. There are probably a thousand words you can use to describe the man, but he definitely makes things fun, makes it light. He knows how to have a good time. I think all of his players feel it. They get the good vibes. How he talks to us it’s not an act, it’s not a show and guys feed into it. They want to play. He’s a great motivational guy that believes in all his players.
Now, 10 questions to get to know Antonio Garay...
Favorite movie?
Garay: "Harlem Nights."
If you weren’t playing football you would be...
Garay: Finding a way to play football.
Are you a better football player or wrestler?
Garay: Better everything.
If you could win a Super Bowl ring OR an Olympic gold medal, which would it be?
Garay: Super Bowl ring, hands down!
Funniest guy on the Defensive Line?
Garay: Snacks [Damon Harrison].
If you could be a super hero, who would you be?
Garay: Wonder Woman! (laughs)
First car you drove?
Garay: 1989 Audi 5000 S.
When you hear the name “Tone,” who do you think of?
Garay: Antonio Garay. Not Santonio Holmes. Not Antonio Cromartie, and not Double A (Antonio Allen).
What is something people don’t know about you?
Garay: I still live with my parents.
What can Jet fans expect from you?
Garay: I will do everything in my power to compete and play for this team. My life is football, 24/7, I'm committed to this. And I like having a good time in life.
Jeané is SNY's Jets reporter. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.