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When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

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Walter Payton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1954
Born: July 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 1
American Football Player
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Columbia
Mississippi
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Walter Jerry Payton
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I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
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When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look at a Michael Jordan to be the terrific athlete he is.
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Work hard or don't work at all.
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Tough times go away, tough people do not.
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Do anything that might make the world a better place for someone
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Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.
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If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.
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Money isnt everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
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Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.
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If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner.
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I wanted to be a professional drummer.
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We are stronger together than we are alone.
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If you forget your roots, you've lost sight of everything
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A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year.
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
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If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.
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I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.
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God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
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I try to run on the hottest days, at the hottest time, because that's the most difficult time. And sometimes I worry about drying out, and dying.
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You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?
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