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Michael Oher

(1986) American Football Player

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Michael Oher is an American football player, best known for I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to the Blindsind and beyond.

Quick Facts About Michael Oher

Born: May 26, 1986
Profession: American Football Player
Notable works: I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to the Blindsind and beyond

About Michael Oher

Michael Jerome Oher is an American former professional football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Jacobs Blocking Trophy in 2008. Oher was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens, where he spent his first five seasons and was a member of the team that won Super Bowl XLVII. He later played one season for the Tennessee Titans and his final two for the Carolina Panthers.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Michael Oher

I try to win at everything.

Everything

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“People like to talk about "Cinderella stories," but Cinderella didn't get her happy ending without lifting a finger. She had to show…

Happy ending

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I would have dreams all the time about me playing in the NFL. Every day I woke up, I said to myself,…

Dream

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Offensive linemen don't get looked at. Nobody is paying attention to the offensive line. But me? I'm getting watched for everything. I…

Attention

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I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down…

Better

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I would have - I didn't really have to be an athlete. I could have been, you know - worked in fast…

Family

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Of course, we all need angels. I had to have one over my head throughout my life, even right now. The odds…

Angel

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Not every day where I'm from do people get a movie made about them.

Cinema

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I always felt that I was, you know, smart. I just didn't have a lot of the resources that everybody else had...…

Always

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It's never been about football, but about becoming the best and fullest person I could be. And to think that I went…

Basements

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Family is very important. Me and my brothers were very close when I was growing up. We did a lot of things…

Brotherhood

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I think I could handle right tackle. With great coaches, I think I can handle anything.

Anything

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I love Baltimore, I definitely look at it as home, somewhere I'm very comfortable.

Home

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I'm a left tackle. I like playing left tackle. That's my position. I think I can do it better than anybody.

Better

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There's a big difference between where I came from and the NFL. Things like this don't happen to people from there often.…

Hard

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Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for…

Choices

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I'm not trying to prove anything. People look at me, and they take things away from me because of a movie. They…

I am

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For me, I was always just a down-to-earth guy. From Day 1 my rookie year, I've been the same. As an offensive…

Always

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When I was little and something awful was happening my Mama would tell me to close my eyes.She was tryin' to keep…

Awful

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I came so far- from nothing to a Super Bowl championship

Bowls

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I'm not dumb, I just wasn't educated.

Dumb

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I've learned not to buy into what other people say. I've learned not to put dreams in other people's hands.

Dreams

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People who watch 'The Blind Side,' they're not going to have a chance to get to know me. People I'm close to,…

Blind

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Do what's best for you, and do it to the best of your ability - go after your goals like nobody's business.

Ability

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You should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have…

Blind side

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