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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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Adrian Peterson
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: March 21
American Football Player
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Adrian Lewis Peterson
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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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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 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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My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.
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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 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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It's modern-day slavery.
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I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me I'm using football.
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I can catch the ball. You've got to throw it to me.
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I love my son more than any of you can imagine.
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People say I'm injury-prone but that's definitely not true.
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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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I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps.
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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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If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?
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The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.
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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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I'm really not vocal and expressive, but I'm starting to get more comfortable to open up.
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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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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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