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" As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck. "

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" I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move. "

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" I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy. "

" I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.' "

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