The Football Beat

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With Dolphin turned Eagle cornerback Troy Vincent, a three-time Pro Bowl selection

SI: Marino.

Vincent: A man ahead of his time, He used me like a debit card in practice: "Like taking cash out of a cash machine," he'd say.

SI: Conquering the Giants.

Vincent: Next to getting married and having my children, beating the Giants twice this year has been the most exciting time of my life. Next to the pressure of taking the SATs, there was nothing like the pressure of trying to beat them.

SI: Women's sports.

Vincent: It's a man's world. We forget the woman. I never recognized it until my daughter got older. We had to send her three hours away for sports camps. That's why my wife and I started Troy Vincent Women's Athletics [which, among other things, funds summer camps and leagues].

SI: Don Shula.

Vincent: I'll never forget him telling me early in my career, "Your talent can only take you so far. You must become a student of the game to have a big career." How true that is.