Life doesn’t stop with football.
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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Let’s just win it and go home.
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You know, I’m fairly intelligent, but I don’t think my grades reflected that.
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The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
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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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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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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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I don’t know the right way to retire.
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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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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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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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As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
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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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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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