Randall Cunningham Quotes

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Randall Cunningham

Profession : Football Player

Birth : March 27, 1963

I was able to do great things, but in no way am I better than any of the other players that played at UNLV or even in the NFL.

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I'm just grateful for the opportunity that God opened for me.

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The people have always been family to me here in Las Vegas. The people have always been very, very kind to me, and it's always felt like home.

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I wasn't willing to hear too much when I was a rookie.

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Laying tile, carrying those heavy buckets and grinding granite was the hardest work I've ever done in my life and I learned from it.

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Getting down and dirty, learning how hard people work and understanding the money people put into the tickets gave me a new perspective.

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Philly is still home. They helped me become who I am today. They raised me as a young man by supporting me and being a father figure, and being rough at times when it was needed.

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I'm loyal to Philadelphia. That's where I retired.

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The old saying about, 'Well, he is an African-American quarterback and can't get the job done,' is a myth now. Doug Williams shredded that myth.

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You set a goal to win a state championship, to get a scholarship, then your focus is on just playing in the NFL. You want to make money.

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My whole thing is that if I can encourage people, I'm fulfilling part of my assignment.

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There are people who are going through things in life and they just really don't know what to do, so they throw their hands in the air and question God.

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You set goals in life, and I know that I set many goals, wanted to be in the NFL.

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Our mentality is known as loving people. We greet with a hug, as the Bible teaches us.

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African American quarterbacks can do it just as well as anybody else.

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The average career in the league is three years, or a little more or less. When you start 100 games, it tells you that you've been successful and you've done some incredible things at the highest level of the game.

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Careers in the NFL are up and down. The ones who are consistent have the best careers.

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Vick? He's shorter than me, so he looks faster - I'm kidding. Without a doubt, Vick is faster than I was. He'd easily beat me by a step, it isn't close. He's definitely faster.

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When I ran, I jumped, I leaped. Vick doesn't seem to do nearly as much of that. I was a high jumper in high school, so I did that kind of thing.

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This league is built on what-have-you-done-for-me-lately. I mean, I stunk when I first started. I stunk for the first couple of years. Then I was good, then I got hurt. Then I was good again, then I got hurt again.

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