Julius Jones
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"Julius Andre Maurice Jones" is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football/University of Notre Dame. Jones was originally NFL Draft/drafted by the Cowboys in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He is the younger brother of running back Thomas Jones (American football)/Thomas Jones, and in 2006 they became the first brothers to each rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.

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I can't even tell you how many times we both talked about this — about starting an NFL season together, ... We had bunk beds in our bedroom, and we'd stay up and tell each other how we would make it. It's a blessing.

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That year helped me grow up, ... He was with the Cardinals, and he wasn't happy with the way his career was going. We worked hard every day because we were trying to have the kind of careers we always dreamed of.

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I think we have a good thing going. It doesn't feel that way right now. There are things I can see and things that we can build off of.

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There are a lot of doubters, and hopefully this performance will shut them up. When you doubt me, this is what I do.

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That was a great drive. We hadn't had one like that all preseason. We needed that because we've been starting slow in the other preseason games. It was a great confidence booster that we can take to San Diego.

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I know the initial response from students is, they don't like it at all.

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We didn't have everything we wanted, but we had everything we needed.

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I can't take too many more of these. That's three in a row.

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It was tough knowing that your mom could be down there miles under the ground and something bad could happen. She'd go down there wearing that light on her helmet, pads on her knees and her elbows. She did what everyone else did in the mine. It was hard work. We knew what she did. We knew what sacrifices both our parents made for all of us.

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