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King Richard As A Football Professional Football Player
Richard is a person I have seen who puts in a lot of hard work and has nothing to show for it. He worked his whole life with sports and working to become on the best corners in the NFL. To get there he first worked to overcome things in life. Life is hard when you're fighting to get into the NFL. Richard was a person out of many that didn't get many opportunities. He had to work for everything and had nobody to really understand that being a football player consists of striving for greatness even if noone is watching. The NFL was one of the his biggest dreams. He had wanted to be a professional football player in the big leagues and had the dream to play with veterans because they have been there and done it over and over again. Even though

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