Eddie George Quotes

• I can do crunches all day long, but in yoga my core was challenged in a way that I never felt before.

  Eddie George

  Yoga, Long, Way

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• There's always going to be an element of pressure when you walk on the stage.

  Eddie George

  Elements, Pressure, Stage

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• I've seen young men in college going into the NFL and then bite the cheese that's in the trap. They'll throw you a pair of Jordans or a moneybag for their services. It's in that moment where most compromise. This business is unforgivable, and you got a bunch of sharks out there. It's mind boggling that universities don't prepare athletes for what they're going to experience.

  Eddie George

  Athlete, College, Men

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• I often think about what I want my sons to fully comprehend in regards to how sport industry unfairly operates.

  Eddie George

  Sports, Son, Thinking

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• That mental grind is the same, and this show has to be approached with the same mentality. Rest is paramount. Taking care of my voice and making sure I have the right foods in my body is paramount. Making sure I'm doing my technique work and staying in the script is all substantial. Continually pushing myself to find different nuances in the character on a nightly basis. This is definitely boot camp for me all over again, and Broadway in general is a boot camp for all actors.

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  Character, Voice, Technique

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• We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading houses, which might have taken down all the rest in their wake. Therefore at any price, at any cost, the central banks had to quell the gold price, manage it. It was very difficult to get the gold price under control but we have now succeeded. The US Fed was very active in getting the gold price down. So was the U.K.

  Eddie George

  Taken, Rose, House

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• Every word that I say, every song that I sing, and literally every move that I make [ in Chicaho musical] has much purpose.

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  Song, Moving, Musical

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• I know that I want to do my one-man show eventually, and that would talk about my life and about how football inspires me. I would love to do Shakespeare again, but in London this time. I'm pretty much open to receive the right opportunities with the right people.

  Eddie George

  Football, Opportunity, Men

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• I work under three umbrellas: entertainment, education, and entrepreneurship. Of course the entertainment fragment speaks for itself because I'm in Chicago. However, a lot of folks may not know I teach courses at Ohio State University that covers life in professional sports.

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  Sports, Ohio State, Chicago

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• My wife is been extremely supportive and when doubt creeps in, she's there pushing me along. She's helped me move up here, get all of my furniture and brought all my groceries. That's what marriage is about: supporting each other and helping each other reach our fullest potential.

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  Moving, Wife, Doubt

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• I figured that I'm going to bring my own version of Billy Flynn and do my very best with it and let it go.

  Eddie George

  Let It Go, My Own, Versions

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• There's so much there to cultivate an opportunity to change the mindset of how players think, in terms of not lending their power over to just anyone. I've been a victim of that, and it's difficult to rebound from.

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  Opportunity, Player, Thinking

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• Taj [ Johnson] is the singer in my family. So whenever I would be practicing my warmups in the house, she would let me have it. I could be on the other side of the house doing my voice lessons and she would scream, "Drop your jaw for those long notes."

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  Voice, Long, House

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• I've established a company - The Edward George Wealth Management Group - which facilitates in helping players maintain their finances, and more importantly, maintain their lives during the duration of their careers and beyond.

  Eddie George

  Player, Careers, Groups

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• The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes .

  Eddie George

  Athlete, Names, Sides

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