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Chris Long
American
Athlete
Born:
Mar 28
,
1985
Been
Football
Me
People
Think
You
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I've been compared to my dad my whole life. That pressure I've learned to deal with.
Chris Long
Life
Pressure
Learned
Deal
Been
Whole
Dad
Compared
It's unbelievable how far my career has taken me.
Chris Long
Me
Unbelievable
Taken
How
How Far
Far
Career
America's an awesome country, man. Everybody knows that.
Chris Long
Man
Country
Awesome
Everybody
Knows
America
I want to squeeze every drop out of my potential as far as affecting the world around me.
Chris Long
Me
World
Drop
Every
Out
Potential
Drop-Out
Around
Affecting
Squeeze
Want
As Far As
Far
For Laura Ingraham to go after LeBron for speaking out politically is ridiculous.
Chris Long
Out
Laura
Go
LeBron
Politically
After
Speaking
Ridiculous
My first big paycheck - this is kind of funny - I bought a Cadillac DTS. I thought it looked really comfortable.
Chris Long
Funny
Thought
First
Big
Kind
Cadillac
Bought
Looked
Comfortable
Really
Paycheck
I don't think football is enough for me.
Chris Long
Me
Think
Enough
Football
Educational equity was my way of giving my salary. It's not $10 million or anything. I'm not going to act like I'm the first guy to donate $1 million to something, but it has been good.
Chris Long
Good
Giving
First
Way
Has-Been
Something
Guy
Like
Equity
Educational
Been
Salary
Donate
Going
Anything
Act
Million
When I grew up, I had everything you could ask for, and I kind of didn't appreciate it. Because it was a given for me. Everybody that grew up in my neighborhood was going to have an opportunity to go to college. I took that for granted. I always regret that.
Chris Long
Me
You
Regret
Opportunity
College
Everybody
Took
Everything
Neighborhood
Kind
Given
Could
Had
Because
Always
Go
Up
Going
Grew
Ask
Granted
Appreciate
Michelle Obama has also done a lot of work in the scope of educational equity and being able to work with her on some of her initiatives has been awesome. I'm very honored.
Chris Long
Work
Awesome
Honored
Has-Been
Obama
Able
Some
Also
Equity
Educational
Been
Scope
Lot
Very
Michelle
Michelle Obama
Done
Being
Initiatives
Her
If we're saying there are incidents of oppression in this country, systematically or individually in this country, I don't think saying, 'Well, in country X, Y or Z it's 10 times worse' is making things any better. I think that may be true, but why can't we improve?
Chris Long
Saying
Oppression
Better
Be True
Country
Think
Worse
Systematically
Individually
True
Well
Making
Times
Improve
Any
May
Incidents
Why
Things
And I respect the anthem. I would never kneel for it. We all come from different walks of life and think differently about the anthem and the flag and what that means.
Chris Long
Life
Respect
Walks
Think
Would
About
Never
Kneel
Come
Anthem
Flag
Different
Means
Differently
This is a wonderful country, and I think everyone agrees on that, but there are things in our country that can improve.
Chris Long
Wonderful
Country
Think
Everyone
Our
Improve
Agree
Things
I play in a league that's 70 percent black and my peers, guys I come to work with, guys I respect who are very socially aware and are intellectual guys, if they identify something that they think is worth putting their reputations on the line, creating controversy, I'm going to listen to those guys.
Chris Long
Work
Respect
Worth
Black
Think
Peers
Those
Percent
Something
Guys
Putting
League
Come
Identify
Line
Intellectual
Very
Going
Listen
Controversy
Reputations
Creating
Who
Aware
Play
Socially
I love Philadelphia.
Chris Long
Love
Philadelphia
Do I get irritated by the no-Pro Bowl thing, never making a Pro Bowl? Yeah, I do.
Chris Long
Never
Bowl
Making
Yeah
Get
Pro
Irritated
Thing
Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp's coming.
Chris Long
You
Dark
Will
Cloud
Tell
Football
Football Player
Over
Know
Coming
Camp
July
Get
Any
Player
The 24-hour news cycle is kind of insatiable. Players in the '80s and '90s didn't have to deal with that scrutiny.
Chris Long
News
Insatiable
Kind
Deal
Scrutiny
Cycle
Players
I'm a big guy and I can't have any tiny tattoos.
Chris Long
Big
Guy
Big Guy
Any
Tattoos
Tiny
The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.
Chris Long
Work
Day
You
Experience
World
Pay
Pay Attention
Older
More
Physically
Attention
Smarter
Like
Sore
Train
Get
Subtle
Pack
Much
Next
Your
Even
Prepare
Harder
Routine
Things
Core
Continuity is one of the hardest things to come by in the NFL.
Chris Long
Come
Continuity
Hardest
Things
Robert Quinn. He's ridiculous. He can do anything a DB can do... at three hundred pounds!
Chris Long
Three
Hundred
Pounds
He
Robert
Anything
Ridiculous
In my training in the summer, back in the day, I used just go, go, go! I wouldn't take any days off, I would do whatever I wanted, as much as I wanted of it.
Chris Long
Day
Training
Whatever
Back
Summer
Would
Take
Days
Go
Off
Any
Just
Wanted
Much
Used
I'm not somebody that's been a natural at anything.
Chris Long
Natural
Somebody
Been
Anything
When I entered free agency, I said whatever team I end up on, I'm going to work.
Chris Long
Work
Free
Whatever
Entered
Free Agency
Said
End
Up
Going
Agency
Team
I do have great memories from when my pops got inducted. Obviously, knowing him and knowing how hard he worked in pro football for so long and what he sacrificed, the physical side of it, the injuries, and the grinding and now eight years into the NFL you know what hard work that is.
Chris Long
Work
Hard Work
Great
You
Memories
Long
Side
Physical
Great Memories
Sacrificed
Football
He
Know
Knowing
Obviously
Him
Got
How
Years
Pro
Pro Football
Eight
Grinding
Worked
Hard
Pops
Now
Injuries
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