WitP: LP, Colt, Mouton, Ingram, Veikune

KGMB's Liz Chun interviews former UH safety Leonard Peters, who is in China for the start of the rugby sevens World Games. His story starts at 1:24 into the video.

Via the Advertiser, Metromix has an interview with Colt Brennan. Here's an excerpt:

What would you say to someone who wants to follow in your footsteps as a professional football player?

I would tell them to be passionate in whatever they do. It doesn’t have to be football. I mean, whatever you want to be... whether it's a scientist or writer or athlete, you have to be passionate about what you do. You have to love what you do. I remember hearing one time, “If you love what you do, you would never have to work a day in your life,” and I take that to heart. I think that you have to be persistent and learn that life is not fair. You are not going to be handed things. I mean just because you work hard and deserve it doesn’t mean that you are going to get it. You have to fight for it and want it. That’s how you become passionate for it. Never give up. if you really want it, go for it.

Mike Wilkening of ProFootballWeekly.com has a few quotes from Ryan Mouton, who is getting ready for his first season in the NFL.

Mouton will compete for the nickel back role and is likely to have a key role on special teams as a kickoff returner and a gunner. Mouton, who spent time in Hawaii this summer with former college teammates Colt Brennan and Davone Bess doing fundraising work as well as working out, is over a nagging hamstring injury and eager for camp to start. "Now it's time to get in there and work," he told PFW.

Negotiations with Jake Ingram and the Patriots have hit a snag.

A long snapper out of Hawaii taken 198th overall in the 2009 draft, a league source says Ingram — who is represented by the Morgan Advisory Group — is seeking a three- or four-year deal, a slotted contract that would give him a a signing bonus of roughly $95,500 on a four-year deal and $70,000 on a three-year contract.

However, the source indicated New England and senior football advisor Floyd Reese — who is taking the lead in contract negotiations — are attempting to take part of the signing bonus on a four-year deal and put it into a 2010 roster bonus. That doesn’t sit well with the Ingram camp.

Similarly, David Veikune may miss the Browns rookie orientation because his contract has not been finalized.