Life doesn’t stop with football.
BARRY SANDERSMaybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.
More Barry Sanders Quotes
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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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.
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The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
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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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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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The Heisman is the biggest award I’ve ever won.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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I don’t dream football. I dream the American Dream – two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
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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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A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
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As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
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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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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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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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I really love peace and quiet.
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