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    "There was such a focus on that team," Selmon remembers. "Instead of being the punch line on Johnny Carson, we were the little Cinderella team down in Tampa Bay." Success never lasts, however. Full Article at TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
    Instead of being the punch line on Johnny Carson, we were the little Cinderella team down in Tampa Bay.
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers could learn from all-time great Lee Roy Selmon
  1. I could rush with my cane ... I'd beat them with my cane.
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  2. No regrets ... I appreciated the game, and I wanted to play it with my best effort, but I didn't want it to define my life. I believed there was more to it than football. It was an important part of it, but I wasn't consumed by it. I always knew there was going to be more to life when retirement came.
    – Lee Roy Selmon (football) SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  3. And Abe was like, 'Wow. We have something special here. No one has anyone like this guy.' That was after one practice.
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  4. No, no, no, no ... There are other things in life. These days, going to a movie is pretty good.
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  5. And then you go in and play hard and lose by three. Not only did the loss hurt, but you had built up in your mind this was going to be the one. You're so deflated. My wife would know when I was down. I wouldn't talk a lot. That's when my brother (Dewey) or another veteran player would say, 'Come on, we'...
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  6. There is nothing special about Lee Roy Selmon.
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  7. Yeah, I can relate to them
    – Lee Roy Selmon (football) SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  8. Some days, it was like we played two games ... And I still never heard Lee Roy say anything stronger than 'heck.' That was his curse word.
    SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago
  9. There was such a focus on that team
    – Lee Roy Selmon (football) SOURCE: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times 3 weeks ago

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