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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.
Troy Polamalu
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Troy Polamalu
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: April 19
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Garden Grove
California
Troy Aumua Polamalu
Troy Benjamin Aumua
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Orthodox chanting is non-emotional, it's very monotone.
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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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