Tony Dorsett
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"Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett" is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. After graduating from Hopewell High School (Pennsylvania)/Hopewell High School, Dorsett attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he won a Heisman Trophy. He was a first round draft choice of the Cowboys in 1977, became NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and played for the team through 1987. He played for Denver the following year before he was forced to retire due to injuries. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

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I think he'll do a great job recruiting players, especially from western Pennsylvania and the Tri-State area, ... It reminds me when I started here. It's a new beginning.

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Players are different today. They don't understand that it's a privilege to play this game. It's an honor. You have an opportunity to make a lot of money. But when you're complaining about only making $7 million to feed your family, nobody has sympathy for that. You're going to turn people off.

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This is a special occasion because we're all going to experience a new beginning.

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Everything starts with yourself / with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.

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