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.
BARRY SANDERSThe reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
More Barry Sanders Quotes
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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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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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Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.
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The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team
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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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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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The Heisman is the biggest award I’ve ever won.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
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See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.
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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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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.
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I really love peace and quiet.
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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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