Eric Reid Quotes
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I've been very fortunate and blessed to have been able to play football at LSU.
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I think I'm a very cerebral player.
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We've got to keep fighting. Got to keep agitating. Got to keep making sure that we put pressure on the people who make the laws, and the decisions, in this country.
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The Great Depression, they come out with the New Deal, black people didn't have access to those government stimulus packages. The New Deal set up what is known as the modern-day middle class. We didn't have access to programs - the G.I. Bill, Social Security, home loans - none of that.
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Football is a violent sport, but you know what you sign up for when you put those shoulder pads on. I agree with certain aspects of it. I disagree with certain aspects of it. I've had concussions and I'm still here. I still love the sport. I think I'm still very healthy.
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Everybody evaluates their own situation as far as playing this game.
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I played a ton of special teams at LSU. I'm familiar with it, I'm comfortable doing it.
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Tackling is my favorite part of the game.
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I've just always done what I've felt is best, according to what the Bible tells me. That's why I started protesting, and that's what I continue to do every day.
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It's not easy to do the unpopular thing.
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Being from Louisiana, I'm very familiar with the heat and what it can do to you if you don't take care of your body.
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I think that's something that we as black people in this country have been robbed of. I compare it to my brother's wife, who is Hispanic. She was born in America but her parents are from Honduras. She speaks Spanish. She knows the culture. But most black people, we were robbed of that. We don't know our heritage.
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The goal is to keep the dialogue open. There are issues in the USA that a lot of people feel strongly about. The goal is just to fix those issues. To make progress on those issues.
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You'd like to think we're past certain things, the way we treat people. I thought we were at a time where you love your neighbor as yourself. But as I've studied history - it hasn't repeated itself necessarily, but it's dressed a little different and is acting the same.
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I can't imagine how traumatic it must be to have a gun pointed to your head for no reason at all.
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I think players on all teams are close.
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Obviously I descend from Africa.
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For me, when I make a mistake on the field, it hurts. I usually don't forget it until the same situation comes up and I make it right.
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As long as you focus on getting better at one thing a day it accumulates.
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It's funny, you'll probably find me more often watching soccer than a football game, because I get enough football in my daily schedule.
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There are issues in this country that a lot of people feel strongly about.
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I do like playing strong safety.
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My mother served in the Armed Forces.
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We want our president to be a president and not threaten to shut down the government over a wall. To change the oppression that happens in this country, it has no place in the world, let alone America.