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In football, you're taught to react by being aggressive, taught to react with violence. If you can't separate that on the field and off the field, you're going to be in a lot of trouble in your life.
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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Football doesn’t define me. It’s what I do [and] how I carry out my faith.
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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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We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.
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When I'm done playing football, I just might be the couch potato dad.
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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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