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I have the opportunity to control what happens in a game. I'll have the ball in my hand, and only I know what I'm going to do with it.

Clinton Portis

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Clinton Portis
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 1
American Football Player
American Football Running Back
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I was a pretty good DB, but I realized one day I would rather have someone trying to tackle me than me trying to tackle guys like Jerome Bettis and Eddie George.
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Everybody who I play always wants to use me, so I always tell them that I'm the only one who knows how to stop Portis, so go ahead.
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As far as dude running the ball, or running with the ball, and somebody hit you helmet to helmet, I think you got an opportunity to go down. You got an opportunity to slide.
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I'm not bitter at all. I think my memories in Denver are great.
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Every day I wake up, I say, 'Damn, I hope I don't get that call today.' I don't want to lose my mama. When I start thinking about that, I fall into a hole.
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I didn't get my hair styled today. I actually stuck my hand in a socket and this is the way it turned out.
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It's exciting when kids look up to you or kids come up to you and ask for your autograph. When grown ups come up to you, that's really not exciting. Why would a grown man be excited for meeting another grown man?
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When a grown man is chasing you around a building or running through the hotel and trying to jump in your elevator, oh man, I can't even see it. What excitement can you possibly get from having my autograph besides selling it?
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I'll do anything for kids but I don't sign anything for grownups anymore.
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On offense, you can fumble and they still talk about you.
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