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The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team

Barry Sanders

I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn’t have adequate time to reach my full potential as a student.
BARRY SANDERS

Adequate Full Potential School
Let’s just win it and go home.
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Come Home Win Winning
I don’t want to get too detailed into it, but when you’re a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you’re a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.
BARRY SANDERS

Athlete Detail Runner Running School
As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn’t hit each other into cars.
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Car Football Kids Play Street Vacant
The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
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Best Football Reason Team
I’m not better than anyone else. I’m not supposed to be on a pedestal. I’ve always stayed away from that.
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Pedestal Stay Supposed
The Heisman is the biggest award I’ve ever won.
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Awards Biggest Won
To me, he has his own style. He doesnt remind me any more of myself than I did (other tailbacks). I did things to remind people of Tony Dorsett, but it was a different style. Hes a guy who can catch balls like Marshall Faulk or somebody like that.
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Guy Myself People Remind Style
See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.
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Devil God Make Talent
I’m from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so we could avoid tackling each other on the street. But running on the street and trying not to get taken down on the concrete, that will make you fast, that’s for sure.
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Field Kansas Lot Running Street Taken
I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.
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Fan Football Media Meet Thank Wonderful
I don’t dream football. I dream the American Dream – two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
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Dream Father Football
One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, ‘Speak truth to power’. Power knows the truth. It’s speaking the truth to yourself that’s the challenge.
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Challenges Lines Sometimes
The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.
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Games Play Sports
Running back was always my favorite position.
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Favorite Position Running
Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
BARRY SANDERS

Game Goals Individual

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