To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing.
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At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.Marcus Allen
You've got to be extremely careful, because you could be with a great team, and you could be the product of a great team. There are some players that stand out despite the teams that they play on, and there are some players that are good because of the team that they're with.
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Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.
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Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN.
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I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.
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I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games.
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