Tony Dorsett quotes
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“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.”
-- Tony DorsettSource : Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books
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“Everything starts with yourself / with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.”
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“I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.”
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“I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.”
-- Tony DorsettSource : "Dallas Cowboys Legend Tony Dorsett: Bleacher Report Exclusive Interview". Interview with Jason Henry, bleacherreport.com. JANUARY 17, 2011.
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“You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.”
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“I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'”
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“I've always been a person afraid of the dark. I was taught that when you have complete darkness, that's when spirits walk. In our house when I was growing up, all the doors were always cracked a little bit at night so you could get light into the room.”
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“No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.”
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“Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.”
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“My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.”
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“Marriage was probably the worst mistake I ever made in my life.”
-- Tony DorsettSource : Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books
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“The Rooneys are very classy. They're very deliberate with their decision-making. Once you're part of that family, Steeler nation, they treat you with respect. You don't have a lot of rambunctious players running around.”
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“It's painful, man, for my daughters to say they're scared of me.”
-- Tony DorsettSource : "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. November 7, 2013.
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“Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life.”
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“You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.”
-- Tony DorsettSource : "Dallas Cowboys Legend Tony Dorsett". Interview with Jason Henry, bleacherreport.com. January 17, 2011.
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“People need to pay attention to their bodies and go get a checkup. If you do that, you have a chance to help illnesses from getting even worse.”
-- Tony Dorsett
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