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I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.

Adrian Peterson

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Adrian Peterson
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: March 21
American Football Player
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Adrian Lewis Peterson
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I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.
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I love my son more than any of you can imagine.
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At the end of the day, it's hard to win against the NFL. It's a billion-dollar business, it's hard to win against it. They can manipulate a lot of different things. They can pull strings, they know people. At the end of the day, nine times out of 10, they are going to win.
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I've been running like this since I was seven.
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The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.
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When I go out on the field, I just put it in my mind that I'm playing for my family.
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It feels good to give back to the people who support you.
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I love my son. I love my kids, my family. Like I said after I took the misdemeanor plea, I take full responsibility for my actions.
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To me, when you got a 20-year-old running back or 21-year-old receiver that's just coming out of college and you're out working these guys, age really don't matter. So it's easy for me to see what it is. People say it's all about age, but to me, it's mind over matter.
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It's not like I had to throw the football and deal with that as well. It was more disheartening, to be honest with you, just to kind of see how the National Football League really is.
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It's modern-day slavery.
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People say I'm injury-prone but that's definitely not true.
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I understand that my son loves me and I love him, and everything just really got blown out of proportion, and I'm OK with that. I'm still here. My son is around me all the time. At the end of the day he still loves me and I love him, so it is what it is.
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My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.
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I don't know any other job that the off-the-field issues - especially something personal like that - affects your job. But as far as the parenting lesson, no [I understood that]. To me it was so simple, it was a situation where I disciplined my child and it didn't turn out the way I wanted.
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I am starting to realize that a lot of guys look up to me, ... Older guys, and even younger guys, are asking me questions and [they] ask me about how to handle situations. Im young, but that leadership role has been on me so I need to live up to it.
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Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everyone and thank u so much.
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I try to be open with everybody, try to make everybody feel welcome and make them feel like, hey, I'm an easy person to talk to, get along with.
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I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.
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I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.
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