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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.

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
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Lineman Offensive Rays Somebody
Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
BARRY SANDERS

People Turns Way
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Afraid After Ground Mouth Once Other Time
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
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Games Play Sports
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Amount Put Team Together Winning
I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.
BARRY SANDERS

Games Sports Winning
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Country Language Literature Today United Nation World
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
Let’s just win it and go home.
BARRY SANDERS

Come Home Win Winning
I just felt like I had run out of steam. I just felt like it was my time.
BARRY SANDERS

Running Steam Time
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Fan Football Media Meet Thank Wonderful
I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
BARRY SANDERS

Coaches Lion Organization Teammates Wish
It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions’ players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.
BARRY SANDERS

Lion Player Regret Sports
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

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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