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" It ticks me off to hear people say, 'Hey man, at your age you don't look like you're slowing down a bit.' Like, can I just be a football player? Why does the 33 age have to coincide with me when you talking football? "

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" The difference between the National Football League and college is this: In college, you are a broke college student. "

DeAngelo Williams

Student

College

You

" I kind of push myself through my words and how I carry myself. "

" I want everyone to know there is always someone there for you. "

" It's always an emotional blow when you lose any guy, let alone a guy like Le'Veon Bell. "

DeAngelo Williams

Lose

You

" You'd be amazed how much attention $1 million will get you. "

" You go to a couple of teams, and some guys have never been to a playoff game. "

DeAngelo Williams

You

Never

" I didn't have the money to travel until I got to the NFL, so it's definitely opened doors for me in that capacity. "

" On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point. "

" Any opportunity I can get to come back to Memphis, I try to get it. "

" I did start out quiet, and I found out you can change a person's life by simply saying, 'Hey,' or, 'How was your day?' Not everybody gets that opportunity with the way society views you or how you look or the way you dress or how you interact. You hear the weird cliches: socially awkward. I think we're all socially awkward. "

" In the NFL, if you make the play or you don't make the play, you're just a football player who did or didn't make the play. You don't get more yards or less yards based on what you're labeled as by society. "

DeAngelo Williams

NFL

Play

" We just want to win. It doesn't matter how the stats look. "

" I'm at that point in my career you can put up all the numbers you want to, you can swing whatever statistic you want to swing, but it doesn't matter if you don't get to the Super Bowl and win it. "

" You can't let injuries dictate the outcome of a football game. You have to persevere and keep fighting. That is how we are. If there is a blade of grass to defend or take, we do it. "

" My mom was the strongest woman I know. "

" I'm a Nickelback guy. "

DeAngelo Williams

Guy

" You have to understand that in this league, we are all one play removed from being the starter or from being the backup, in any game. "

" The University of Memphis didn't have the flashy profile or the national exposure. It's a great university. I love the offense. I love the atmosphere, the big city. They have everything I want. The only knock against them is they are not a great team. "

" Being the backup, as they call me, I have no pressure at all. "

DeAngelo Williams

Being

Pressure

" Why can't I just be a running back? "

" I take pride in knowing the NFL is pink in October, sparking conversations everywhere about breast cancer and prevention, all in the spirit of my mom. "

" I grew up knowing the importance of breast cancer. "

" The biggest picture you see is making it to the Super Bowl and winning it. There are a lot of guys who have played 14, 15, 16 years and never been there. "

" I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do. "

DeAngelo Williams

Need

Going

" When my number is called, nobody cares if I am a starter or not. They just care if I make plays or if I'm productive. "

" You don't love hockey for the scores, you love hockey for the fights, right? "

" I'm really shy, man. I don't really talk much. I just read, sit in my room and just read graphic novels because I don't have many friends and many people that like to talk to me. "

" Back in the States, women play flag football, but they have the same opportunities as the guys do. "

" Speak your mind; you don't have to be PC. "

" I'm hunting one thing and one thing only, and that's the Super Bowl. "