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Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of no way.

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Adrian Peterson
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: March 21
American Football Player
Runner
Palestine
Texas
Adrian Lewis Peterson
Way
Make
Hungrier
Nfl
Thrive
Adversity
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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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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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People say I'm injury-prone but that's definitely not true.
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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 run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.
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I've been running like this since I was seven.
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You look at Ray Lewis, you look at Brett Favre. I know it's different positions, but you think about the mental mindset it takes to continue to grind and play at a high level. Those are the guys that I look at that motivate me.
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I can catch the ball. You've got to throw it to me.
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I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child. I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.
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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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I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I'm going to be able to do, as long as I stay healthy, when it comes time for the season.
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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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The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain. That willpower has to kick in.
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It feels good to give back to the people who support you.
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I know that people have their own opinions and they look at what the norm is for people. I look at age as just being a number. In my mind my age is still 28 and I think I have to remember how old I am.
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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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