I don’t know the right way to retire.
BARRY SANDERSAs a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
More Barry Sanders Quotes
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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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Life doesn’t stop with football.
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See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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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.
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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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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’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 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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The Heisman is the biggest award I’ve ever won.
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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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I just felt like I had run out of steam. I just felt like it was my time.
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Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
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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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The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
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