Antonio Gates quotes
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“Play more than one sport in high school. If you play, say, football and basketball, you can learn to be physical and you can take those physical aspects of both sports and become better in both sports. Basketball players use some of the same skills football players do and vice versa.”
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“I'd like to be a 5-10, 205-pound running back. I think it's natural for big guys to want to be a little faster.”
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“I try to find out what the guy's strengths and weaknesses are. Like in boxing, I'd be a counter-puncher. Whatever he does well, I try to take advantage of what he doesn't do well.”
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“In basketball, I always had a first step. A separation step. That works now, too.”
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“If I had stayed with football in college, I probably would have been a first-round pick.”
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“High school football in Detroit was not easy at all. There were talented players everywhere.”
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“In high school, every last one of the passing schemes was designed for me.”
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“A dunk is nice because it can create momentum, but it's not as good as scoring a touchdown.”
-- Antonio Gates
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“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”
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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
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“Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.”
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“If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.”
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“We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are.”
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“I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.”
Source : "Adrian Peterson Credits His Parents' Tough Discipline for His Success" by Meghan Keneally, abcnews.go.com. September 15, 2014.
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