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Ten Years After
Rick Reilly
October 14, 2002
Yo, Mr. Cop, Mr. Bagel Baker, Mr. High School Shop Teacher. Were your football dreams hijacked before takeoff? Do you watch the pros on Sundays and know you could still do that? Do you throw 30-yard down-and-outs at neighborhood squirrels?
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So you go out and act as if you belonged there all along, throwing for 268 yards and three touchdowns, but the Steelers come up short, 32-29. That figures, right?

It takes more than 10 years to be an overnight success.

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