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" I saw a hockey game where they threw the puck aside and just started fighting. I saw that, and I'm like, 'So I'm the thug?' "

Richard Sherman

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" The goal has always been to stay in Seattle and continue to play for the Seahawks. "

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" I know some 'thugs,' and they know I'm the furthest thing from a thug. I've fought that my whole life, just coming from where I'm coming from. "

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" People don't talk much about my punt returns. "

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" I'm a pragmatist. "

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" I like to play video games and read. "

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" A lot of coaches have come up to me and liked the way I played. "

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" I would love for a regular student to have a student-athlete's schedule during the season for just one quarter or one semester and show me how you balance that. Show me how you would schedule your classes when you can't schedule classes from 2-to-6 o'clock on any given day. "

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" I don't believe in curses. I believe in God. "

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" There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone. "

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" The playoffs, everybody gets a little frustrated. You lose, your season's over. "

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" I'm not anybody's puppet. "

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" You're not on scholarship for school, and it sounds crazy when a student-athlete says that, but that's - those are the things coaches tell them every day: 'You're not on scholarship for school.' "

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" Being physical is something I pride myself on. "

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" My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything. "

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" My teammates would never say anything bad about me, even if they thought it. That's the kind of locker room we have. "

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" Giving a true speech, a true, passionate speech, is old-school football. "

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" Luckily, I was blessed to go to Stanford and a school that was primarily focused on academics, so it was a blessing. "

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" Everybody can be who they are within the scheme of the Seahawks and what we want to do. "

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" I think my game measures up pretty well to myself. "

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" You don't want to always put a bunch of sugar in you. Because your sugar gets high, it gets stuck in your blood, it gets stuck in your system. It makes you tired. You have the ups and downs. "

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" I talk a big game because I carry a big stick. "

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" Sign language was a great experience. I have a deaf aunt that I am able to communicate with because of that class. "

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