Marquise Goodwin Quotes

Marquise Goodwin

Profession : Football Player

Birth : November 19, 1990

I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.

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I haven't quite mapped it out yet, but working out and training is my lifestyle.

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I get to see my baby's development. I get to change diapers, I get to be a real father, something that I didn't have growing up.

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A lot of people don't even know that about me, I grew up without a father.

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My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological father. And the guy I consider my dad, he was incarcerated for a crime he didn't even commit, which is part of the reason I protest.

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To me, no doctor can determine when it's your time to go. God really knows, and He's the only one who can really give you the day. You just have to keep the faith and live the best you can each day.

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My relationship with my sister is closer than white on rice.

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If Deja wasn't my sister, I feel like I would still be motivated but not in the way that I am today. Having a disabled sister, that's a lot more motivation, especially when she tells you growing up that she wishes she can be out there with the kids playing and she wishes she can be out there running around.

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I don't want to bring my personal issues to the field during game time. I don't want to take focus from anybody else.

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People outside the organization or outside of football, they don't know how hard it is to win in this league, such a high-caliber athletes and elite group of people competing each week.

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I can't dwell on something that has nothing to do with football at all - it will hold me back.

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I led the world the whole year until the trials. I was in Birmingham, U.K. Broke the meet record, had the meet won already, beat the 2012 Olympic champion in long jump that day. It was a big moment. On the last jump, I blew it. Blew my hamstring.

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Who am I just to give up on track? This is something I've dreamed about since I was 9 years old, being an Olympic champion.

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I know I'm a dog. I'm a beast especially when it comes to long jump.

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I went and played football so I can support my family like I wanted to. Track has been my real dream, to be an Olympic champion and God gave me another opportunity.

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I'm just blessed to be able to be alive, to be able-bodied and be able to play this game.

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Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

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It's pretty satisfying to make it through a season, only missing one game year.

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I'm thankful for the relationship that I established with guys here in my time in Buffalo.

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After choosing football so many times, I feel like I'm inclined to make the right decision by finally choosing my family first, and that's real talk.

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