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I'd rather work with guys that have time to live with you, and let it gel.

Steve Young

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Steve Young
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 11
American Football Player
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Salt Lake City
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Jon Steven Young
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Everything you do in life is up to you. Part of life is realizing you have much more potential and ability than you'd ever know, but it's up to you to face the fears and unleash that which really drives you.
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I was born and grew up in the Deep South, and I must say it wasn't easy for me. I always marched to a drummer, I had different views about politics and religion and I had them relatively young.
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I like the idea of having an old Gibson [guitar], but I don't have one. The Gibson has a different quality, but it's almost like you need both.
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The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed.
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The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
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No one can keep their word. Everyone's in hurry and jumping to the next opportunity. There's something missing.
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Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.
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I have somewhat [Taylor's or Gallagher's guitars], but I like the power of the Martins.
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I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that music to this day. Memphis never gets the credit. It's much more musically rich than Nashville ever will be. Nashville manufactured that hokey-hillbilly image way back.
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When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.
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The principle is competing against yourself.
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I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar and that was a thrill!
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I've refined it since [ was living in Beaumont, Texas], but I was just obsessed with the guitar. I remember one day sitting in class and it just came to me how the neck worked. I was enlightened to the scales, and the runs. I just saw it and thought now I understand it!
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I grew up wanting a guitar, my family was very poor. When I was fourteen my mother bought me a Gibson ES 125 thin body. That was a bunch of money in those days - $125.00.
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Music saved my life a few times because I could play the stuff rednecks loved. They thought I was great and they wondered why I didn't do that all the time.
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When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.
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Josh Graves laid down the dobro on that song [The White Trash Song] and he was hot. We went on the road together and we'd get drunker'n hell every night! I haven't had a drink since November, 1979. And I like it.
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I was known to spout off about [ politics and religion] sometimes, especially in my drinkin' days! It was pretty dangerous actually.
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I give NFL quarterbacks a lot of leeway for a couple of years.
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My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.
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