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...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.
Jim Brown
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Jim Brown
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: February 17
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James Nathaniel Brown
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I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.
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The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created.
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I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.
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There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.
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Donald Trump was very receptive. Funny. Cracked some jokes. And understand it very well. And said he was in that he would work with us.
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I'd rather play lacrosse six days a week and football on the seventh.
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I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.
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Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.
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If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.
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When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.
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Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.
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The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.
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The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want.
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I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.
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Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature adult....Many young teachers have a tendency to seek popularity, resorting to tactics that can create endless problems.
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Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.
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