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Tiki Barber Quotes

Every day is an opportunity disguised as a challenge.

Every day is an opportunity disguised as a challenge.

Tiki Barber
Opportunity, Challenges

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

Tiki Barber
Sports, Lines, Success And Failure

If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

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Running, Games, Balls

People go through life and make personal decisions and sometimes they don't work out. I won't be the first person to be divorced.

Tiki Barber
People, Work Out, Decision

I have a need to do something and know I can be successful.

Tiki Barber
Successful, Needs, Knows

It's a basic, elemental universe, one of the last remaining zones where violence and domination sort out who is top dog. That's football's glory, and its curse. The game of football doesn't transfer well to the real world. You can't treat your friends, neighbors, or loved ones the way you treat your opponent on the football field.

Tiki Barber
Football, Dog, Real
Tiki Barber, Gil Reavill (2008). “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.

Tiki Barber
Eye, Touching, High Standards

My family is everything to me.

Tiki Barber
Family Is Everything, My Family
Tiki Barber, Gil Reavill (2008). “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

Marshall was a pioneering player. As a threat in so many different aspects of football, he revolutionized the way in which the running back position was played. He was the player that I wanted to emulate.

Tiki Barber
Football, Running, Player

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