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Going in is really more of an acknowledgment that kids in poverty, in their situations, can get out of it, and it doesn't always come from sports.

Marshall Faulk

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Marshall Faulk
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 26
American Football Player
New Orleans
Louisiana
Marshall William Faulk
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