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“I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.”

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Author:Robert Griffin III

“You like to live life without regret but that’s what the good Lord intended for me – that’s just the way it was. My goal was to make it in the NFL, I played with a lot of great players in college who went on to have illustrious, incredible careers and in the end it just didn’t happen for me. I failed at that.”

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Author:Dwayne Johnson

“The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table.”

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Author:Jay Leno

“I was never on a mission to be an NFL quarterback. I wanted to be a good high school player, and I worked hard at that. That made me good enough to play in college and then I wanted to be a good college quarterback. During college I played well enough to make it into the NFL. I never took it for granted and really wanted to play hard at each level and I have always had a lot of fun doing what I wanted to do.”

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Author:Peyton Manning

“As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.”

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Author:Tom Osborne

“It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.”

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Author:Barry Switzer

“My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.”

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Author:Andrew Luck

“I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. But when I was playing football, I wasn't making a lot of money; I wasn't a superstar.”

“It's never been about football, but about becoming the best and fullest person I could be. And to think that I went from the kid with a GPA in the basement to going to college on a football scholarship-I was thankful and humbled by how far I'd come in just a few years. I knew that miracles really do happen.”

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Book:I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond

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“As much as I'd like to think I'm an expert in quarterbacks I'm probably not. But, I think college quarterbacks are put in positions where they have to do a lot of the things that are done at the professional level. The collegiate quarterback probably does on average a little more running than a pro quarterback. But outside of that, I think they're faced with some of the same difficult decisions and choices.”

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Author:Ted Thompson

“There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.”

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Author:Woody Hayes

“I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.”

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Author:Frank Deford

“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”

“If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“When all is said and done, more is said than done.”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“I was the No. 1 player coming into college and I want to be the No. 1 player heading into the NFL. That's definitely one of my goals.”

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Author:Jadeveon Clowney

“Forever. My brother is not a bad person. The best thing for Marc now is leaving college, getting away from a bunch of people he was around every day. Now he'll have a chance to play in the NFL and have somebody who can be there with him and can guide him in the right direction.”

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Author:Michael Vick

“I've seen young men in college going into the NFL and then bite the cheese that's in the trap. They'll throw you a pair of Jordans or a moneybag for their services. It's in that moment where most compromise. This business is unforgivable, and you got a bunch of sharks out there. It's mind boggling that universities don't prepare athletes for what they're going to experience.”

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Author:Eddie George

“Tony Gonzalez is one of the best ever and changed the way tight ends have transitioned themselves from college to the NFL. He can do a little bit of everything. He's a guy who you want to model yourself after.”

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Author:Virgil Green

“I think that while kids are in college they don't think that fitness and nutrition are really important things. But once they get to the NFL it's a job, and just like any other job you've got to be at your best to a certain point, especially with a job like this. You've got to be fit and you've got to eat the right things.”

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Author:Andre Reed

“My biggest advice to an official who wants to pursue college or come into the NFL is to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. If you're coming in just because you want to be the female in the NFL, then I think you're doing it for the wrong reasons. If you're doing it because you want to be the best official, then pursue it.”

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Author:Sarah Thomas