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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.

Barry Sanders

Happiness does not come from football awards. It’s terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don’t dream football, I dream the American dream – two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
BARRY SANDERS

Dream Football Jobs
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
As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
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Football Kids Vacant
I’m a Jewish boy from Jersey. I was born with a strong sense of right and wrong, and a strong sense that the world can be a ludicrous, unfair, inhumane place.
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Boys Strong World
I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.
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Games Sports Winning
Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
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Game Goals Individual
It’s probably similar to being in New York City and having a cab driver behind you and you’re driving too slow. It’s not the most pleasant thing.
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Cities Country Football
My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself.
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Christian Discipline Mother
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
Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.
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Football Good Important Laundry Rule
I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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Coaches Lion Organization Teammates Wish
You know, I’m fairly intelligent, but I don’t think my grades reflected that.
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Grades Intelligent Reflect Thinking
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.
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Athlete Detail Runner Running School
Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream.
BARRY SANDERS

Mouth People Scared Thinking Tried
According to the United Nations’ latest count, of the approximately 3,000 languages spoken in the world today, only some 78 have a literature. Of those 78, a scant five or six enjoy a truly international audience.
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Country Language Literature Today United Nation World
You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that’s why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn’t even think I was good enough to be a professional ballplayer.
BARRY SANDERS

Enough Good Looks Thinking
Let’s just win it and go home.
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Come Home Win Winning
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
My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
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Decision Games Heart
I really love peace and quiet.
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Love Peace Quiet Really
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 sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that’s when things changed as far as going to the NFL.
BARRY SANDERS

Couple Exception Game Years
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.
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Adequate Full Potential School
A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
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Lack Lose Running Trying Yard
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Challenges Lines Sometimes
In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that’s never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?
BARRY SANDERS

Motivation People Rushing
Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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People Turns Way

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