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“I don't eat vegetables. I only eat food like cheeseburgers, Spam, hot dogs and pizza.”

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Art Donovan, an American football player, was born on June 5, 1924, and passed away on August 4, 2013. He was known for his unique style and strong physicality during his NFL career. more

“People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.”

People Ifs Wells Made Said Morning Hell Player Dinner Made It Contracts Vegetables Monday Friday Overweight Clauses Friday Morning

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“I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?”

Play School Guy Football College Lucky High School Grind College Football Pro Football

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“I went to college to play football, not to study it.”

Play Study Football College

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“Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.”

Faces Turns Half Wife Doors Dinner My Wife Broke Flats Plates Like Something Cruise Cabins Spaghetti Keystones

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“I never met a cold cut I didn't like.”

Cutting Cold Mets

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“You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.”

Knows Bigs Water Toilets Bathtubs

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“I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I'd been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.”

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“I was 17 pounds when I was born. My mother couldn't walk for three weeks.”

Mother Three Born Walks Week Pounds

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“I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing.”

Way Art Stories Talking Laughing Telling Stories

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