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I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.

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Emmitt Smith
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
American Football Player
Football Player
Pensacola
Florida
Emmitt James Smith
III
Emmitt James Smith III
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I'm very confident I'm one of the best to ever play the game, but once you talk about the greatest, how can you define greatest?
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Vision gets the dreams started.
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If you want to stay perfect, you cannot go undefeated with a blemish on your record.
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Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now.
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Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.
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I enjoyed being a teammate of Deion Sanders. He brings different elements to the game that many people would not even realize, and to watch and witness a superior talent like him and watch him prepare and train, and study the game is truly amazing.
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Your attitude determines your aptitude!
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I don't have to get up in the morning and go beat up my body like I used to. I don't have to be out there in August in 108 degree weather down in Texas.
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