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LaDainian Tomlinson

LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is a former professional American football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played the majority of his career with the San Diego Chargers, who selected him with the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. Tomlinson was invited to five Pro Bowls, was an All-Pro six times, and won consecutive rushing titles in 2006 and 2007. At the time of his retirement, he ranked fifth in career rushing yards (13,684), seventh in all-purpose yards (18,456), second in career rushing touchdowns (145), and third in touchdowns from scrimmage (162). He currently serves as an analyst on NFL Network. After being elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014, Tomlinson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August 2017, his first year of eligibility.

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I don't worry about things I can't control.

Chemist, Control, Nfl, Things, Worry

Some people say I'm the best back in the NFL. That's what drives you: You want everyone saying there's no doubt who's the best.

Doubt, Drives, Nfl, People

Everything speeds up and it's blurry for a minute. But you've got to have a little patience sometimes to just find a soft spot. There's always a soft spot in the defense, and it's your job to find it.

Defense, Jobs, Littles, Patience, Soft, Speeds

In the NFL, everyone's attacking, so you have to be quicker in your decisions.

Attacking, Decision, Decisions, Nfl, Quicker

I take being a role model seriously.

Model, Nfl, Role Models, Roles, Seriously, Take

I'm going to make the playoffs. You can believe that. To never play in the playoffs, that will not be my legacy.

Believe, Legacy, Nfl, Play, Playoffs

I want to have a family and teach them the way to live their lives, pretty much the way I was raised, with a lot of love and the Lord. I want them to stay off the streets, and to have goals and dreams.

Dream, Goal, Lives, Lord, Nfl, Streets

I have to fit in. Wherever they want to use me, that's fine.

Fit, Nfl, Use, Want, Wherever

I guess the way I describe it is when basketball players talk about being in the zone and they feel like they can't miss. That's the way a running back feels when the game is in slow-motion. It feels like every cut is right, every run is going to be at least 10 yards. You see what the defense is doing. You know what they're trying to do to you. It's awesome.

Basketball, Cutting, Like, Running

Rex brings out the macho talk and tells everyone this is what we're going to be and what we're going to do. And you see what happened. The players did it. It worked.

Macho, Nfl, Player, Rex, See, Talk

I know how to rebuild a team. I know how to step in and work hard.

Hard, Hard Work, Nfl, Team, Work

I am just a player trying to do what Im told.

Player, Told, Trying

I want to win a championship. I can't come on this team and demand to be a starter.

Championship, Come, Nfl, Starter, Team, Winning

I think the Patriots actually live by the saying, 'If you're not cheating, you're not trying. '

Actually, Cheating, Saying, Think, Thinking, Trying

I've still got a lot left in the tank. I think people are starting to see I've got a lot left in the tank.

Nfl, People, See, Starting, Tank, Thinking

People there’s a new sheriff in town. One of the great running backs in line of Pittsburgh Steelers [and] his name is Le’Veon Bell. He’s on his way people.

Bell, Names, People, Running, Steelers

I'm an old-school guy.

Guy, Nfl, Old School, School

Whenever something good happens to me, I try-it may sound kind of bad-to think a little negative. I just always try to keep myself grounded.

Keep, Negative, Nfl, Sound, Thinking, Trying

The best all-around [running] back in the league is Jamaal Charles. He has the ability to hit a homerun from anywhere.

Ability, Anywhere, Homerun, League, Running

God has really blessed me with the ability to put me ahead of the class.

Ability, Blessed, Class, God, Nfl

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