When you’re one day good enough to earn a nickname like “Purple Jesus,” it’s likely that you’ve been the best for a long, long time. Greatness was more preordained than attained.
Adrian Peterson Started Early
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Indeed, Adrian Peterson confirms he never doubted his ability to play in the NFL. From Sports Radio Interviews:
↵↵Actually even before I started playing organized football at the age of 7, I always dreamed that and looked at it that way. Just playing football with the guys in my neighborhood. I always played with the older guys, was out-running those guys, was more physical than those guys. And once I started playing organized football and really go up against the best guys in our area, I was out there dominating. And I was dominating in a big way – not to sound cocky or anything, but I was really out there faster than everyone. But I really didn’t gain my size until my freshman year in high school, but I came out and could see how fast I was.
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“Was” dominating in a big way? Still is:
Watching that run will never, ever get old.
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