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When I'm done playing football, I just might be the couch potato dad.

Troy Polamalu

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Troy Polamalu
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: April 19
American Football Player
Football Player
Sports Executive
Garden Grove
California
Troy Aumua Polamalu
Troy Benjamin Aumua
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I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.
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We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.
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It's important for me to have strong hair in case someone pulls it and tries to rip it all out.
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I became a millionaire overnight by signing a piece of paper. I made more money in that one second than my entire family did in their lifetime.
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I take pride in my life-my wife, my family. I try my best not to have football define the person that I am.
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If you don't eat right as an athlete, you'll get tired and won't be as sharp. It's simple to drink sodas and sports drinks, but water is the most essential drink to put in your body.
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Being patient ... and not becoming too stressed out over the big plays, those are the things to remember.
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Football is pretty much played 16 times a year, where training is kind of a year-round thing.
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I work barefooted on balance plates. I do explosive squats on balance surfaces that your body has to use muscles it's not used to. It's all kinds of exercises that your body isn't really used to, and it tricks your body into getting stronger every time.
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I love the atmosphere football brings I love being around my teammates I love the struggle in football. I love the fact that it is a part of my life. I don't look at it as any more important or less important as any other part of my life.
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On the field is a place where you can just let it loose and react to everything with violence.
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I do have a trophy room. It's in my attic in boxes.
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I always try to sacrifice my body for the team.
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I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.
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When I let my hair down, I just let it down. It's more comfortable in my helmet.
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The Coca-Cola Mean Joe Greene ad is one of the most famous commercials of all time, so I was blown away when they asked me to be in this new spot.
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Football doesn’t define me. It’s what I do [and] how I carry out my faith.
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Some days I'm just flipping through the iPod trying to get pumped, some days I don't want to listen to anything and just focus. From game to game from day to day, whatever people do to motivate themselves, they do. I do all kinds of things.
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Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.
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