Sanders launched Prime Time the way an ad exec launches a campaign for a new product. I'm going to be more. And this is how I'm going to do it. I created something larger than a football player.
He became an entertainer, a sideshow, a celebrity for celebrity's sake. He understood that playing well wasn't enough to make the big money, especially when one didn't play a glamour position like quarterback or running back. So he drew attention to himself on every front: with his flashy clothes lots of tailored leather , gold jewelry including a gold cap on his front tooth and a ring that spanned three fingers and boastful talk he once said that rival Florida receivers "must think I'm God.
People either loved him or hated him, but they knew who he was. The truth, of course, is that it wasn't exactly a quantum leap from Deion to Prime Time. It wasn't as if Steve Urkel suddenly tried to become Joe Namath. The flash came naturally. His father was a showman and a great dancer, the life of the party. Through his son, he later got a job traveling with M. Hammer , warming up his concert audiences. And the heroes in Sanders' neighborhood were cocky drug dealers draped in gold and leather.
Where Sanders came from, you wore your success on your sleeve -- and around your neck and over your fingers. Even as a child, Sanders and his sister, nine years younger than he, wore the finest name- brand clothes, even if their mother had to work two-full time jobs to provide them.
She worked early morning shifts at Lee Memorial Hospital for 22 years, moving from housekeeping to the cafeteria to the linen room to central supply. She took on other jobs at night, once at a rehabilitation center, other times as a private-care attendant.
She couldn't afford a baby sitter, so in the morning she made breakfast for her sleeping 7-year- old son, laid out his clothes and pinned the front-door key to his pocket. She called at 7 from the hospital to wake him.
He dressed himself, ate breakfast, then stopped in on the next-door neighbor, who checked him over to make sure he looked OK. He always did. Even then, Knight said, her son was fastidious about his clothes. Shirts always had to be tucked in. Tennis shoes had to be a certain brand and style. In high school, to no one's surprise, he was voted Best Dressed. His sister won the same honor nine years later.
He hasn't changed. All his clothes have to hang in the same direction and must be carefully arranged in subgroups according to style and color. By SportsDay Staff. Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publish date.
Here are 10 things you might not know about Deion Luwynn Sanders, born Aug. He's the former Cowboys cornerback who 1 is the only player to hit a home run in the major leagues and score an NFL touchdown in the same week; 2 is the only person to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series; 3 was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Sanders was an all-state performer in football, basketball and baseball at North Fort Myers High School. Sanders played football two-time All-American , baseball and ran track at Florida State.
He was the fifth overall draft pick in by the Atlanta Falcons. He won the Jim Thorpe award and led the nation in punt return average in Sanders played in the Sugar Bowl despite having not attended classes or taken final exams during the fall semester at Florida State. Florida later passed a law known as the "Deion Sanders rule" that would prohibit football players at state universities from playing in postseason games if they did not successfully complete the previous semester.
His son, Deion Jr. Junior has a few music videos on YouTube. You can be the judge on if they're good or not. Also, Sanders publicly called him out on Twitter the post was later deleted and it was pretty hilarious. Sanders stepped into the batter's box with one out and a runner on third and drew a dollar sign in the dirt. He then failed to run to first after popping up to short.
Fisk told Sanders to "run the expletive ball out. In January of , he became the official spokesman of the Sega Sports line of video games. He had a cameo as himself in the film Celtic Pride. On Dec. Sanders also hosted the Miss USA pageant. On Sept. Sanders said, "Through unity, we can touch thousands.
Christian Okoye, the "Nigerian Nightmare". Played for Kansas City Chiefs and earned his nickname due to his punishing style of running through tacklers. Teammate Irv Eatman is credited for the nickname. Sanders was given the name by a friend after he scored 30 points in a Florida high school basketball game.
Sanders was all-state in baseball, football and basketball while in high school. Jerome Bettis was given his nickname by Notre Dame's school newspaper. Bettis could carry several tacklers on his back while carrying the football, just like a bus. David "Deacon" Jones actually nicknamed himself.
Jones believe that nobody would remember a player named David Jones, so this Hall of Famer nicknamed himself "Deacon" hoping people would remember him Jack Tatum was called "The Assassin" due to the way he played.
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