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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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Adrian Peterson
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: March 21
American Football Player
Runner
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Texas
Adrian Lewis Peterson
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Jesus Christ - He means the world to me. So many different situations I've been through, through my childhood and now my adulthood I lost my brother at a young age. He got hit by a car right in front of me. I had to be strong for my mom.
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Seafood was always my favorite food. I mean, fried lobster? Come on. Once I found out shrimp, scallops and lobster were my allergic triggers, I had to change my diet.
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I remember my mistakes more than my success.
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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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Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I've got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.
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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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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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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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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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With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I've never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I'm just not a judgmental person.
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I'm pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team.
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If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?
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I want to win four or five championship rings. That's how I dream. I dream big.
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I want people to come to the game to see what I will do next.
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I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.
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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 have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.
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We are human, so we do go through pain and we struggle with things, but it's all about how you respond to a situation. My whole life, I've been responding in a positive way and keeping a positive mind, keeping God first in my heart, in my mind. No matter what wrong I've done, I know who sees the heart.
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