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" My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize that. "
Junior Seau
Realize
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" I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders, they make the calls. It didn't work out because I didn't have the arm. I also played wide receiver my senior year in high school. "
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" Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him. "
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" You can't live on last year, you can't live on the year before. I can't bring in my 13 Pro Bowls in the locker room and say, look at me. No. That is gone. That is the best thing about the game of football is that everybody starts over. "
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" Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today. "
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" For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it. "
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" I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the outside. The middle linebacker always has been known as kind of a big plugger. Outside guys are known to be able to run. I just try to make big plays wherever I am. "
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" The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future. "
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" As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget. "
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" There's a window in my life which is football. I try to remember that it's not going to be there forever. That's why staying humble is important; knowing who I am and the message I'm sending out. I always try to be a person first, before I'm No. 55 on the football field. "
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" When my TV show, 'Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,' assigned me to be a 'Sports Illustrated' reporter for a weekend, I didn't realize I'd have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull. "
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" No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English. "
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" When I first started playing football, a headache was called a 'headache.' And now it's called 'a concussion.' "
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" I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much. "
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" I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker. "
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" I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was, but I was already playing against older guys. "
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" From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not promised. "
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" In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room. "
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" The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect. "
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" The past isn't going to get you to your goal. "
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" A lot of children can go back and look at their childhood and find reasons why it wasn't perfect. But why whine about something no one can fix? You deal with it. "
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" The Super Bowl is a game. Life is for real. What I went through helped me get to where I am today. I won't forget. I can't forget. Because a man who forgets his past sometimes loses his soul and forgets where to go in the future. "
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" I'm basically a homegrown American. "
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" No, I want my kids to be Tiger Woods. And Serena Williams. I dig those two. "
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" As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the 'hood. The influences of the 'hood are very powerful. "
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" To chase an athlete that really doesn't want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words and you have to write a story based on three words of information he gave you, that's pretty tough. "
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" I can't handle rollercoasters. I have no control of it. It gets to me. "
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" I'm living proof that you can make it out of the ghetto. "
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" Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in the grocery stores. It's what everyone is aware of and familiar with. They take a lot of pride in the beating you can take in the course of that sport. "
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" Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play. "
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" Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterback that's going to be reckoned with in the near future. And that's not political. "
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