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Nov 19, 2009 - 2:44 AM EST
Wall Street Strategies submits:There have been many exciting football players in the history of the National Football League, but maybe a handful can claim to be as electrifying as Barry Sanders. Drafted third in the 1989 draft, he was not only one of the best ever but he was humble as well. Case in point; he took himself out of the last game of the season although he only needed 10 yards to win the rushing title. Something like that would never happen these days when it's all about "me" and reality television shows.
Still, even with his reputation for being humble few could understand when he called it quits at the height of his career. It took years before the tight-lipped Sanders confessed to quitting because of a culture of losing in the Detroit Lions organization, saying it was too much to deal with. Sanders went on to say that the culture robbed him of his competitive spirit and he saw nothing to suggest things would ever get better. He began crying at the end of his last game.
Source: Seeking Alpha (Nov 19, 2009 - 2:44 AM EST)
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