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I Wanted Football to Help Change That
"I wanted football to help change that I wanted it to help me stand up for myself and and feel as big on the inside as I looked on the outside," he says. "The trainer just said that there was not a helmet in the building that would fit me because my head was too physically large" He adds: "I felt like the same goofy awkward kid who'd gotten picked on who'd avoided confrontation any chance he could"
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