Any Given Sunday
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Just like you do.
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You can feed the press that whole
sacrifice and glory-of-the-game crap.

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But I been there.
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I seen a long line of coaches...
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...with that same old bullshit
halftime speech.

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-Bullshit?
-Yes, it's bullshit.

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You know it's bullshit
because it's about the money.

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The TV contracts,
fat-cat boosters in the skyboxes.

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Coaches trying to up their salaries.
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You looking for the next black stud
to take it to the top 10.

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Get you in a bowl game.
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It's the same way in the pros.
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Except in the pros,
the field hands get paid.

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Don't play that race card on me, kid.
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25 years I work with men
of your color.

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Maybe it's not racism.
Maybe it's placism.

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Brother has to know his place.
Right, boss?

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I don't understand
what you're talking about.

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You don't trust anybody
because of what happened in college?

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You knew the rules.
You were the one that broke them.

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-How did I break them?
-How?

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I lost a million-dollar
signing bonus...

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...because I took a $300 suit
from a booster to go to a wedding.

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What's a brother supposed to do
in college? He ain't got money.

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He wants to go out on a date.
Wants to get some nice clothes.

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Everybody had their hands out...
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...but it was me they suspended.
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I dropped six rounds in the draft
because of that.

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The coaches labeled me: "He's trouble.
He don't wanna play ball."

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You talk about sacrifice.
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I sacrificed $10 million because dumb
rednecks like the coach in San Diego...

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...made me a cornerback
because I got quick feet.

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He separated my shoulder tackling
250-pound motherfuckers.

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I don't do that!
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I was a great football player.
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But nobody let my shoulder heal,
and they traded me out of there.

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You go ahead.
Blame everybody but yourself.

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Whatever.
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Because that's what a leader's about.
Sacrifice.

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The times he's gotta sacrifice
because he's gotta lead by example.

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Not by fear and not by self-pity.
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Who you think you're talking to?
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Half my career is over
and you want me on the bench...


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