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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

See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.
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Devil God Make Talent
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 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
You know, I’m fairly intelligent, but I don’t think my grades reflected that.
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Grades Intelligent Reflect Thinking
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
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?
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Motivation People Rushing
I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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Coaches Lion Organization Teammates Wish
I just felt like I had run out of steam. I just felt like it was my time.
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Running Steam Time
Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I’m more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
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Battle Christian Player
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
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
And we shout with the others, When we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There’s really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT.
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Afraid After Ground Mouth Once Other Time
It’s hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.
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Amount Put Team Together Winning
The Heisman is the biggest award I’ve ever won.
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Awards Biggest Won
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
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
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
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.
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Couple Exception Game Years
Let’s just win it and go home.
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Come Home Win Winning
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.
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Mouth People Scared Thinking Tried
I don’t know the right way to retire.
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Retiring Right Way
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
As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
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Football Kids Vacant
If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.
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Lineman Offensive Rays Somebody

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