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My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married.

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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Greek
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Christian

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Material things aren't important to me.
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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 have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.
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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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The barefoot component of my training is about strengthening the toes.
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As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody else. People have dealt with worse injuries than I've dealt with. It's all part of the game, all part of getting that tackle.
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When I cook, it's something nobody else would enjoy.
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It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better.
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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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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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I love Hawaii. I really enjoy surfing in Oahu, and Waianae is such a great area. And Maui - I like Maui a lot, too.
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We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.
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I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it's like reading a whole new Bible. You see the depth behind the words so much more clearly.
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I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.
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Any time you can squeeze out the opportunity to get better, you should.
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Anybody who's away from what's normal is just kind of pushed aside as, 'Oh, he's crazy.' But in reality, this world is crazy. It's just chaos everywhere. It's really hard to be part of this world, because it's very possessed. And very egocentric.
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The greatest joy I get is setting up plays for somebody else. I take a lot of pride in helping other people make plays.
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I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'
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Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.
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