Adrian Peterson
Adrian Peterson
Adrian Lewis Petersonis an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Vikings seventh overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma. Peterson set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards as a true freshman during the 2004 season. As a unanimous first-team All-American, he became the first freshman to finish as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Peterson finished his college football career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 March 1985
CityPalestine, TX
CountryUnited States of America
We're not going to be able to run the ball on every team. We're not going to be able to do that, ... We've got to establish a passing game, and I feel like once we do that, then this team might be unstoppable.
I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.
Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of No Way.
We are human, so we do go through pain and we struggle with things, but it's all about how you respond to a situation. My whole life, I've been responding in a positive way and keeping a positive mind, keeping God first in my heart, in my mind. No matter what wrong I've done, I know who sees the heart.
I remember my mistakes more than my success.
I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.
If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?
I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.
My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.
I'm pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team.
Jesus Christ - He means the world to me. So many different situations I've been through, through my childhood and now my adulthood; I lost my brother at a young age. He got hit by a car right in front of me. I had to be strong for my mom.
It feels good to give back to the people who support you.
I want people to come to the game to see what I will do next.
When I'm out, maybe I'm looking at the fried chicken, but I know I need to order the grilled. But I'm still from the country. I love my fried food and my neck bones and all that, too.