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“The hardest thing I've had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none.”

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Thomas Jones, born on August 19, 1978, is a renowned former professional football player. more

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