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Football isn't who we are, it doesn't necessarily define us. It's part of our life and it always will be, but football won't define us. Excellence does.

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Eric Dickerson
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 2
American Football Player
Football Player
Sealy
Texas
Eric Demetric Dickerson
Always
Life
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Excellence
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Football
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