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When I started out as a little kid, I didn’t say ‘I just want to run football.’ I wanted to be a great athlete.

Herschel Walker

I was a little different. I still say I’m a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Different Money Myself Success
If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Hard Training Yourself
If you eat a chicken wing or a chicken tender in some parts of the country, I probably supplied it.
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Country Supply Wings
I don’t worry about protein. I don’t worry about all that. I’m from old school. I grew up in south Georgia. They didn’t worry about cholesterol or protein. They went out and worked and lived a long time, so I don’t put a lot of worries in my mind.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Live Myself Protein Work Worry
P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn’t be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.
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Confidence Life Myself School Speech
Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids.
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Early Family Growth Myself Parents Time
I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don’t dream about being a professional football player or an actor.
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Actor Dreams Player Professional Small
I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Bully Children Fat Myself Past Pick Speech
When I started out as a little kid, I didn’t say ‘I just want to run football.’ I wanted to be a great athlete.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Athlete Children Greatness Myself Start
God, my parents, my wife. I don’t have a lot of friends, because I’m always moving around. I don’t drink, so I don’t hang out in bars. But they’ve been very big in my life. Because they have helped to encourage me.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Encouragement Move Myself Parents Wife
One thing I’ve done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I’ve got an invitation now to maybe be on the karate team for the Barcelona Olympics. I’m debating whether I want to do that. I just love to compete, and I want to win.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Debate Invitation Life Oneself Team Training
I want to prove to people who sit on a couch and don’t do anything but criticize other people that, if you’re a true athlete or martial artist, you’re not old until you can’t get up and walk around anymore.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Criticism People Prove Walk Yourself
Believing that no one is better than the other. You know I grew up in the South. My senior year there was a very big racial tension.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Believe Better Known Oneself Racial Tension
Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.
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Big Day Difficult Dream Oneself Small
When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Feeling Start Yourself
MMA fighters are said to be some of the best athletes in the world. My plan at the age of 47 is to show the world I am still one of the best athletes as well.
HERSCHEL WALKER

Age Athlete Myself Planning World

When I started out as a little kid, I didn’t say ‘I just want to run football.’ I wanted to be a great athlete.

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