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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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Adrian Peterson
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: March 21
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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 run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.
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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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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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My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.
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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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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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Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of no way.
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I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.
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The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.
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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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I'm looking forward to getting back on the field, it's what I love to do.
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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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I want to be the best player to ever play this game.
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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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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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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 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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I remember my mistakes more than my success.
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