Adrian Peterson Quotes, Pain Quotes, Two Quotes

The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain. That willpower has to kick in.

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I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.

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To me, when you got a 20-year-old running back or 21-year-old receiver that's just coming out of college and you're out working these guys, age really don't matter. So it's easy for me to see what it is. People say it's all about age, but to me, it's mind over matter.

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Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I've got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.

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I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.

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I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.

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I don't know any other job that the off-the-field issues - especially something personal like that - affects your job. But as far as the parenting lesson, no [I understood that]. To me it was so simple, it was a situation where I disciplined my child and it didn't turn out the way I wanted.

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I've been running like this since I was seven.

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I like to bless people and do things without the world knowing about it, because I'm not in it for the glory. I do it because it comes from my heart. As long as I keep doing that, I'm satisfied.

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When I'm out, maybe I'm looking at the fried chicken, but I know I need to order the grilled. But I'm still from the country. I love my fried food and my neck bones and all that, too.

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I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I'm using football.

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It's modern-day slavery.

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People have to see it for what it is, but they would be so shocked to know two simple things that I just really never shared with anyone, but I spank my child at times. He didn't move a muscle, not one inch, and he didn't drop one tear. I tell you that and you are probably like, "Wow, how is that even possible?" But little details like that is not what people are able to see, and that makes the world of difference to the outcome of the situation.

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The type of work I do is more like CrossFit, so I do track workouts, and I do boxing workouts. So it's a lot of different things that I do. I don't want to overload the body too much, but when we do the hill, it's not like workouts.

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My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.

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I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.

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The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.

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I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.

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I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I'm going to be able to do, as long as I stay healthy, when it comes time for the season.

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I love my son more than any of you can imagine.

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