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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

Running back was always my favorite position.
BARRY SANDERS

Favorite Position Running
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Decision Games Heart
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
As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
BARRY SANDERS

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.
BARRY SANDERS

Lineman Offensive Rays Somebody
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
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
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
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
I don’t know the right way to retire.
BARRY SANDERS

Retiring Right Way
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Christian Discipline Mother
The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
BARRY SANDERS

Best Football Reason Team
Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.
BARRY SANDERS

Football Good Important Laundry Rule
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
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.
BARRY SANDERS

Car Football Kids Play Street Vacant
Life doesn’t stop with football.
BARRY SANDERS

Football Game Goal Stop

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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