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There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do.

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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
Somebody
Chance
Play
Always
Nfl

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I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.
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