I liked to rough them up a little bit because it's easier to grip, every quarterback gets the opportunity to pick the balls they want to use before the game, and( Colts quarterback) Andrew Luck did too. Then it's really about the officials making sure the balls are ready for game play.

Dan Marino

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You can do more, you can always do more. by Dan Marino

You can do more, you can always do more.

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The will to prepare, the guts to risk, and the desire to be the best. These are trademarks of champions.

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The scoreboard can't make you a loser. If you walk off the field with your head up, you don't lose. You don't hang your head for nobody. People in the stands think you're the greatest or the worst - their opinion doesn't make a difference. The only opinion that makes any difference is your own opinion of yourself.

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Leadership comes by the example you set through your work. It begins from the way you are perceived as a worker and the respect that comes with it.

You have to feel you're the best at what you do. You don't have to come out and say it. But you have to know it within yourself.

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Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of... by Dan Marino

Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

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I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the applause is something every young athlete needs to learn. ... I think it served me well to learn how to handle everything that came with the game's ups and downs. Some people call it growing another layer of skin. I just call it growing up.

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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.

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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.

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Nobody can make you a loser. by Dan Marino

Nobody can make you a loser.

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Swing hard in case you hit it. by Dan Marino

Swing hard in case you hit it.

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As a young man God blessed me with a special talent to throw a fo... by Dan Marino

As a young man God blessed me with a special talent to throw a football.

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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.

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There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfe... by Dan Marino

There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass.

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I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.

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I throw better than anybody in college and I can throw with anybody in the pros. There, that's what I think.

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If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.

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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.

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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.

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As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.

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