I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.
HERSCHEL WALKERWhen I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.
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Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.
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MMA is my love.
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If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It’s simple, but it’s true, and your age is just an excuse.
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As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action.
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Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God.
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My message is, you can accomplish anything, not just on the athletic field, if you’re willing to work pay the price. It doesn’t matter what your age.
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All these older kids here, and I’m the only one from a town that’s so small, if everyone breathed at the same time, you’d run out of oxygen. Man, there is nothing there.
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The hardest thing I had to overcome in life? I think racism. That’s so difficult because I don’t think anyone can ever understand it. It’s not that people don’t want to understand it, but they don’t want to touch it.
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P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn’t be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.
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I do this ‘Walker shake.’ You got to get knocked down many times, shake it off. Life is about ups and downs, and you got to keep standing up.
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If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.
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I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.
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I’m just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or need to do that, so I’m one of the oddballs.
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When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.
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MMA fighters are said to be some of the best athletes in the world. My plan at the age of 47 is to show the world I am still one of the best athletes as well.
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